We think of love as an emotion, but it is really an act of the will. Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy’s will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” 4. As Jesus tells us in the Gospels, “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today we have obligations of duty and love. How many times have we worried and worried and worried about some future event, only to find that in reality there was nothing to worry about? Too many times we go through our days worrying about this or that thing which might happen-despite the fact that 99 times out of 100 our fears are wholly unfounded. Someone once said that God will help you with real problems, but He won’t necessarily help you with problems you imagine out of nothing.
He wants men to be concerned with what they do our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them. There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy (God). Only by keeping us huddled in the corners of our own minds can Satan keep us from noticing this.
Nature is wondrous and expansive and profligate, just like God. The real world, the one we see when we look outside of our narrow selves, is good and true and beautiful. There is nothing which naturally works in the Devil’s favor. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out. It is especially good to go to the same confessor regularly, since this gives us less chance to excuse our faults. To understand our true selves, frequent Confession is an indispensable tool, since it requires us soberly and unsentimentally to assess ourselves. Then, after we have fallen very far, we may finally look up and see how far away we are from God, and despair of God’s ability to pull us back. But Satan wants us in the dark, moving away but not realizing it falling deeper while not recognizing we are falling at all. God wants us to understand the true state of our souls-the way that He sees us. But if we have too great a sense of moving away from Him, we may stop moving from Him and try to move toward Him. It is often said that we are either moving toward God or away from Him. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one-the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. Here are the five passages in The Screwtape Letters which are highlighted most often by readers on Kindle: 1.
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In the letters, Screwtape advises Wormwood about how to pull a certain human “patient” away from God and toward the depths of Hell.
#SCREWTAPE LETTERS SERIES#
The book is a series of letters from an experienced tempter named Screwtape to an apprentice temper named Wormwood. Lewis in 1942, is a classic work of Christian apologetics and inspiration. SummaryIn a thought-provoking review, Kevin Clark adds insight on the five passages in The Screwtape Letters which are highlighted most often by readers on Kindle.įrom the "Top 20 All Time Most Popular Articles."Įditors Note:Originally published September 25, 2014.
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