A Grief Observed (Library Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786175869 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high," Lewis writes. A Grief Observed contains his epigrammatic reflections on that period: "Your bid--for God or no God, for a good God or the Cosmic Sadist, for eternal life or nonentity--will not be serious if nothing much is staked on it. It is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself." This is the book that inspired the film Shadowlands, but it is more wrenching, more revelatory, and more real than the movie. He has to
The Only Helpful Book on Grieving I've Found I found this book 20 years ago when my beautiful daughter was stillborn. Of all of the things offered to me at the time, this was the only thing I read that provided any comfort. I am reading again now when a close friend has taken his own life and left a young, beautiful family behind. Neither event makes any sense to me. Both challenge my faith. You will not find a. Amazon Customer said Short and Easy to Read. I have read a dozen C.S. Lewis books, including The Problem of Pain, with which A Grief Observed is often contrasted, the first intellectualizing suffering, the latter personal and laden with emotion. The book is certainly introspective and if one is seeking to learn another dimension of Lewis it may be enlightening; I found it lightweight--when measured by helpfulne. journey in the loss ( from earth) of the love of his life and the struggle to go on I greatly admire CS Lewis for being vulnerable enough to share his heart wrenching journey in the loss ( from earth) of the love of his life and the struggle to go on afterward. Searching for meaning and peace and healing and ultimately joy after such heartbreak is a praise response to our Heavenly Father who DOES NOT command us to lay down and die from the pain but
Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.. A Grief Observed is C. S