by Deborah
Smith Douglas
A
handful of Signposts from our archives featuring observations
about the works of C.S. Lewis.
Homesick
C. S. Lewis suggests that part of the way God guides us in our
wandering lives is to plant in us a kind of homing device, a
bone-deep instinct for heaven.
The Way
In
Christ, the human dynamic of being creatures “on the
way” encounters the deeper mystery, the sacred dynamic,
of the One who is the Way: the God who is at once our goal, our
motive power, and the road by which we travel.
Press On
Like
Lot’s wife, we sometimes lament to ourselves, “If
only.…” “What if?” we ask ourselves.
And we risk wasting time on what cannot be changed, while God
is urging us forward instead.
Always
There
is no magic by which we can make God appear to us—faith is
not a conjuring trick, and Presence is pure gift from God, not
something we can manipulate.
Our
True Country
Our
home is heaven; it is in God alone. We must remember that, or
we may not want it, or recognize it, when the time comes—and
we may run the risk of thinking that this fragile earth, our
island home, is the one we were made for.
