God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that He may love and perfect them. We must keep always before our eyes that vision of Lady Julian’s in which God carried in His hand a little object like a nut, and that nut was “all that is made”. In Himself, at home in “the land of the Trinity”, he is Sovereign of a far greater realm.

But to be sovereign of the universe is no great matter to God. Without it we can hardly avoid the conception of what I can only call a “managerial” God a Being whose function or nature is to “run” the universe, who stands to it as a headmaster to a school or a hotelier to a hotel.

The doctrine that God was under no necessity to create is not a piece of dry scholastic speculation. In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give. We begin at the real beginning, with love as the Divine energy. We must not begin with mysticism, with the creature’s love for God, or with the wonderful foretastes of the fruition of God vouchsafed to some in their earthly life. Again, “Herein is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us” (I John 4: 10). Take your time to prayerfully consider the ideas concerning love in order to embody them in your daily living.

What else would be worth paying most attention to other than that of love? Our approach to the study of love should be one of curiosity, intellectual rigor and openness. We can be at ease as we delve deeply into topics concerning all the most important questions of life. It will provide an entry point for those unfamiliar with Lewis’ thought an entry point that will make them want to further explore his works of fiction and non-fiction.As students of Jesus we are invited into a deep study of life with the Master of Life as our teacher. This lovely little gift book will provide sustenance, wisdom, and hope for believers, seekers, artists and thinkers. This distillation of his feelings on subjects ranging from love and faith, to ethics and morality, to myth and literature will throw open the windows of the soul and provide readers with bite-size nuggets of wisdom and inspiration from one of the best-loved writers of the 20th century.

Here, in one concise and inspirational volume, is the essence of Lewis’ thought. His works have become timeless classics for adults and children around the world. Lewis wasĪ deep thinker and a beautiful writer. Novelist, poet, critic, scholar, Christian theologist, and best-selling author of the Narnia series, C.S. Lewis’ Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size nuggets of inspiration and wisdom from the much-loved author, philosopher, and Christian theologist.

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