Comments on: We Have No “Right to Happiness”…C.S. Lewis

By: Word Warrior

Word Warrior — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:10:14 +0000

Thanks, Jennifer He is quite a genius.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:15:04 +0000

Kelly, this is brilliant!!! Lewis was a genuis. Your writing is splendid too and thank you for sharing wisdom, yours and others’! What a man, Lewis.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:04:05 +0000

Thank you, Kelly. That’s encouraging.

By: Kelly L

Kelly L — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:42:15 +0000

Tricia,
A strong agreed from me. Christ did everything in love, even when He overthrew tables in the temple, or called the Pharisees a brood of vipers. The best way for me to avoid self-righteousness is remember what I’ve done. Not in a woe is me way, but in a Christ still died for me when I stunk, He still died for so and so. To see them through the eyes of Christ is to see them as a crumpled ball in the corner crying out for Daddy they do not yet know. How imperative to be the lights that lead them home. And you didn’t sound critical at all, I think.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Oops. Maybe I forgot to send my first comment? Just in case, here it is:
Since we are not here just to be in a bubble with other like-minded Christians, but to be examples of the love and truth of Jesus to those who believe AND to those who do not, I think there’s one element that may be missing in this converstion.

I believe the Bible is the Word of God; I try to live it in my daily thoughts, life, and actions. I also share His love and Truth verbally with others. But let us remember that if we are to be true example of His love and Truth, and thus win some who do not yet believe or know Him personally (and maybe never will, or maybe will—who are we to know that?), I believe we should deliver these in a loving way. And one thing that can stand in the way of a loving presentation is self-righteousness, to which most of us who strongly believe in anything (Christians, humanists, secularists, etc. alike) are prone.

Even a person who reviles God was created in His image and likeness, and Jesus loves that person. So if I show sincere love and humility (which is very akin to love) when I share my views with him or her, then I’m closer to being like Jesus and more likely to have either successfully planted a seed which may later come to fruition in his life, or watered one which someone else (or Jesus Himself!) planted earlier.

Please, my intention is not to criticize here, but to add what I think is a vital element to the dialogue.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:26:52 +0000

That said (I don’t know it it’ll be posted or not), there’s a lot of truth in the C.S. Lewis excerpt.

By: Kim M.

Kim M. — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:18:19 +0000

Thanks for posting this! And keep preaching it sister!

By: Word Warrior

Word Warrior — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:07:09 +0000

Kelly,

“Sorry if this is rant like, I feel like I am in a warrior season…LOL”

That great news! I heard a fantastic sermon that put me in one too…gotta turn it into a post.

By: Kelly L

Kelly L — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:36:55 +0000

How true. I just had this discussion with a neighbor. She asked “don’t I have the right to be happy?” Speaking on this very same subject. I replied she did not. She had the right to fulfill her obligations that she willingly enjoined. She had a right to put her kids real needs above her perceived needs. She had the right to follow what God says. I said it lovingly (the first 3 times), but then had to say it more forthrightly. This thinking is pervasive and will stay that way unless we speak out against it as Kelly(WW) has. Not just nod because feelings might be hurt and later go home and bemoan the state of our society. We cause the state of our society, not just the “heathen.” Sorry if this is rant like, I feel like I am in a warrior season…LOL

By: Kathy @ Teaching Good Things

Kathy @ Teaching Good Things — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:01:06 +0000

What a gifted, Godly man Lewis was.

Excellent!