Lots of things on my mind.
Just had a fantabulous time sitting by the ocean and watching the sunset and being blown away by the realisation that God loves me and there's nothing else that I could possibly need or want that can take the place of that. Me, a teeny tiny speck on earth compared to the vastness of the ocean, the brightness of the sun, the universe and everything and He loves me!!! AHHHHHH! There's just no way of comprehending fully the greatness of it...
All is well with life!
Anyway, lots of people asking what 'Compelle Intrare' means...
Well this is where I got it from...
“I gave in and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed; perhaps that night the, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England. I didn’t then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the Divine humility which will accept a convert even on such terms. The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his own feet. But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape? The words compelle intrare, compel them to come in, have been so abused by wicked men that we shudder at them; but, properly understood the plumb the depth of the Divine mercy. The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our Liberation.”
- An extract from C.S. Lewis’s ‘Surprised by Joy
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Whoa...powerful piece of writing. Is this from one of his essays? Or is that a book?
It's a book... 'Surprised by Joy' is all about how Lewis came to believe...
It's pretty amazing... You can check it out of the library if you want. That's how I got to read it!
sunsets - :)
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