Thank you for this meaningful article! It reminded me of a favorite quote by C. S. Lewis from his book _The Great Divorce_:
"[Mortals] say of some temporal suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory.... The good man's past begins to change so that his forgiven sins and remembered sorrows take on the quality of Heaven: the bad man's past already conforms to his badness and is filled only with dreariness. And that is why...the Blessed will say 'We have never lived anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.' And both will speak truly."
Marilynne LinfordDecember 2, 2024
Thank you, Steve!
Steve A DoneganNovember 27, 2024
Sister Linford, I waited until the evening to read your article so I wouldn’t be distracted. My surprise wasn’t the love and care that went into your words, but I was surprised, greatly, by the fact there were no comments by the many others who we both know read your work. It moved me to tears and deep reflection. Thank you for the time you took to write such a wonderful piece.
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Kathryn GrantDecember 30, 2024
Thank you for this meaningful article! It reminded me of a favorite quote by C. S. Lewis from his book _The Great Divorce_: "[Mortals] say of some temporal suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory.... The good man's past begins to change so that his forgiven sins and remembered sorrows take on the quality of Heaven: the bad man's past already conforms to his badness and is filled only with dreariness. And that is why...the Blessed will say 'We have never lived anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.' And both will speak truly."
Marilynne LinfordDecember 2, 2024
Thank you, Steve!
Steve A DoneganNovember 27, 2024
Sister Linford, I waited until the evening to read your article so I wouldn’t be distracted. My surprise wasn’t the love and care that went into your words, but I was surprised, greatly, by the fact there were no comments by the many others who we both know read your work. It moved me to tears and deep reflection. Thank you for the time you took to write such a wonderful piece.
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