Elizabeth Rhein- Planets in Peril- Reading

C. S. Lewis was a man who experienced a lot of emotional pain and pleasure through out his life. As this book states, Lewis had lost and regained faith through the numerous experiences in his life. With the death of his mother, Lewis admitted to praying every day during her illness and even after she succumbed to it, hoping she would come back. Interestingly enough, Lewis states that his unanswered prayers were not the reason why he started to lose his faith. He understood that those prayers were not filled with awe or reverence of God. I thought this was an interesting statement because I had known that Lewis had a troublesome and hard childhood and that he was extremely atheist until later turning back towards Christianity. I really like how the author used terms that were commonly discussed and affiliated with Lewis’ works. These were awe and fear of God. To think that someone needs to be in fear of God is an interesting concept because I would’ve never thought that it was necessary. From my experiences, it was always important to see God as a loving, thoughtful, and protective being that looked after us. All we had to do was put our trust in him and everything would be fine. To think that we need to be in fear of God for our prayers to fully be considered true and not fake is something I would have never considered before reading about Lewis’ childhood and how he felt about his mother’s death as well as his relation to God.