Jesus talks about the peacemakers in Matt.
5. He says the peacemakers will be called God's children. For me C.S.
Lewis was a peacemaker. His Mere
Christianity was the first "Christian" book I ever read,
when I was age 18 and the Jesus movement was getting going on campus in
Madison, WI. I will never forget his discussion in that book of how we
are all to become "little Christs." Here is a great blog post on that
subject by Bryan Owen quoting from the book: http://creedalchristian.blogspot.com/2010/10/c-s-lewis-on-becoming-little-christs.html
To become a little Christ is to become a child of God, a
new creation, and if you look at Matt. 5 you see that peacemaking is part of
that.
We gospel people
talk a lot about peace. At Mass we shake hands and say, "Peace be
with You." We long for the peace of Jesus. Sometimes a
beautiful idea becomes more clear from looking at a picture than from a study
of words.
I love this pic of C.S. Lewis sitting down for a smoke with his wife Joy who is knitting. Contentment!
Photo from
http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/joy-davidman-gresham
I know from the movie and the book A Grief Observed, that this marriage brought peace to C.S. Lewis. And yes, we see the pearls and the knitting here, but Joy Davidman was no June Cleaver. Here is a great story about her:
I know from the movie and the book A Grief Observed, that this marriage brought peace to C.S. Lewis. And yes, we see the pearls and the knitting here, but Joy Davidman was no June Cleaver. Here is a great story about her:
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