A Grief Observed

While reading A Grief Observed I admired the honesty that Lewis expressed. He was experiencing a horrible loss and through dealing with this he asks many questions and states many things that seem to question the intentions of God. When he said “Why should the separation (if nothing else) which so agonizes the lover who is left behind be painless to the lover who departs?” this stood out to me (27). It would be incredibly hard to think about someone you loved so dearly and deeply being happy and not affected by the separation, but at the same time he wouldn’t want to wish the pain and agony he was experiencing on his wife. Dealing with the death of a spouse is a tremendous tragedy and as Lewis deals with this he questions his faith and makes it stronger. As Lewis goes on and on about an idea he comes back the next day and tries to approach it from a different angle that wouldn’t offend Christians. I think it’s important, however, that we do read this and that we ask questions, like these, ourselves. If we simply go on without questioning or ever fully examining our faith then how deep is it? The things that mean the most to us are the things we should study with the most scrutiny. To make sure it’s real. To be sure of is truthfulness and its meaning in our lives.