Grief Observed

I have loved reading the Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. He is a profound writer and a compelling author. He has written stories that touch our souls to stories that make us think and wonder. He is a man chasing after the affection and love of God. He is truely a great idol that will live in literature forever. The Grief Observed was such a great book not only for it's exposure to great details to which I (as a reader) can connect with his sadness for his lost wife but also for his bravery to question God. I have never lost anyone who is close to me, and I praise God for that but I still could feel C.S. Lewis' heart. I could feel the pain that he went through and that is what a great writer do, they have the ability to make the reader connect with their stories whether the reader has experienced the event before or not. He also was brave to question God. One of the greatest theologian and a great follower of God was not afraid to question what he knew. When his wife died, he rethought everything he stood for. He questioned where his wife was, what Heaven would truely be like, what she is doing and how our time effects her. These things we (if grown up in a church) were taught and we don't really question it but here, a grown man, a great theologian steps back and wonders what happens if we were taught wrong. As he said "Not that I am in much danger of ceasing to beliebe in God. The real danger is of coming to believe such dreadful things about him." Even in this tragedy he never doubted the exsistence of God just questioned his situation. As Professor Corrigan states over and over again, "it is alright to question." Through this book we learn to question God and to question the world that we live in to truely grasp how wonderful life is. We must reach outside of our daily thoughts to see that the world is greater and that there are great things we can accomplish with the right questions.