C.S Lewis

C.S Lewis

C.S Lewis has been one of my favorite authors since I began reading. His writing encountered me at a crucial time in my life and God used them in a big way. My first encounter with C.S Lewis was with the Chronicles of Narnia. I got my first detention in 6^th grade and my dad handed me the 5 pound book and told me not to come out of my room until I read it all. After many hours of whining and a few minutes of reading I managed to find myself outside of those off-white walls. The talented author came back into my life a few years later. It was my senior year of high school and I was just finding who I was in the Lord when I began reading. When my father became a Christian he ordered a huge box of old books offline from a theology student long ago. The books contained nearly all of C.S Lewis writings. I started with Mere Christianity and was dumbfounded by every chapter. God spoke to me through his writing and taught me so much about thinking logically about the faith. I believe he was an author of infinite wisdom and I admire his passion for the Lord. I pick up Mere Christianity often and I am always lending it to friends trusting his writing will help them as much as it did me. His honesty, philosophy, testimony and thoughts forced me to admire his writing. I was influenced by ‘The Weight of Glory’ and a daily devotional with excerpts from all his writings. I have not read ‘A Grief Observed’ but I am anxious to get started. I am a bit familiar with the story behind the book and I am fascinated by circumstances surrounding his marriage.