Do I Believe?
The moment one asks oneself "Do I believe?" all belief seems to go. I think this is because one is trying to turn around and look at something which is there to be used and work from - trying to take out one's eyes instead of keeping them in the right place and seeing with them. I find it happens about other matters as well as faith. In my experience only very robust pleasures will stand the question, "Am I really enjoying this?" Or attention - the moment I begin thinking about my attention (to a book or lecture) I have ipso facto ceased attending. St. Paul speaks of "Faith actualized in Love." And "the heart is deceitful.": you know better than I how very unreliable introspection is. I should be much more alarmed about your progress if you wrote claiming to be overflowing with Faith, Hope and Charity.
Letters of C. S. Lewis
27th September 1949
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Ha! As I read this, my daughter Manda said, "Uncle Steve could be the next Patrick McMannus." and I was thinking, "Actually, he sounds more like C.S. Lewis today." Then I scrolled down a little and voila! It WAS Lewis. :)
Dawn
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