It was meant to be a private, honest reflection of his passionate struggle, but its value was too great to remain for an audience of one.
In faithful manner, he questioned and agonized through his pen. His erudite argument in The Problem of Pain lay still, lifeless against his raging sorrow. Lewis was not immune to the overwhelming grief that accompanied the mourning of his young love in later life. Is God really all that good, all that powerful? Couldn’t He have prevented this pain? Is God there? Does God care? Why do I feel only overwhelming silence?Ĭ.S. It causes us to question the very core of our beliefs, the Person in whom we placed our trust. The heart overrides, plowing through the once-fertile rows of contentment, happiness, clarity, and peace, and leaves a dry, parched, disrupted soul in its wake. It brings clouds, obscuring the once-clear view. Lewis–Atlanta Teaching Fellow and apologist, Jana Harmon, shares some insights on this great classic work of Lewis. Lewis cope following the death of his wife, Helen Joy Davidman (“H.” in the book). Writing the book A Grief Observed was the one therapy that helped C.S.
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