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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: peace
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 29
Remember that, as I said, the right direction leads not only to peace but to knowledge. When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 22
TO MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE: On how to rehearse for death and how to diminish fear. 17 June 1963 Pain is terrible, but surely you need not have fear as well? Can you not see death as the friend and deliverer? … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JULY 10
On the present moment Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment “as … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 10
Lewis, grieving the death of his wife, Joy: They tell me H. is happy now, they tell me she is at peace. What makes them so sure of this? I don’t mean that I fear the worst of all. Nearly … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 2
Lewis, grieving the death of his wife, Joy: What does it matter how this grief of mine evolves or what I do with it? What does it matter how I remember her or whether I remember her at all? None … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 14
On grief Real sorrow ends neither with a bang nor a whimper. Sometimes, after a spiritual journey like Dante’s, down to the centre and then, terrace by terrace, up the mountain of accepted pain, it may rise into peace—but a … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 7
“And where are we heading for?” asked Edmund. “Well,” said Caspian, “that’s rather a long story. Perhaps you remember that when I was a child my usurping uncle Miraz got rid of seven friends of my father’s (who might have … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 9
On happiness What Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they could “be like gods”—could set up on their own as if they had created themselves—be their own masters—invent some sort of happiness for … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JANUARY 17
TO ARTHUR GREEVES, who had just ended an unhealthy friendship with a boy: On doing the right thing; and on the blessing of friendship. 29 December 1935 As regards to your news—sympathy and congratulations. Sympathy on the wrench of parting … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JANUARY 13
TO MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE: On how to rehearse for death and how to diminish fear. 17 June 1963 Pain is terrible, but surely you need not have fear as well? Can you not see death as the friend and deliverer? … Continue reading
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