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If what you believed was wrong, would you want to know? How you answer that question divulges a lot about who you are as a person. Do you value truth most highly? Or is happiness most important to you?
In his autobiography Surprised by Joy C. S. Lewis describes the distinction between happiness and joy. Happiness is a temporary and fickle emotional state, whereas joy is knowing and understanding the purpose and meaning of our lives despite our temporary and fickle circumstances. This kind of joy is not self-delusion: It is belief based on knowledge, not feelings.
Elsewhere in his writings, Lewis said “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
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I find that when we submit and allow the Holy Spirit to move within our lives then no matter how difficult the circumstance is the Holy Spirit fills us with Joy and others see this in our lives. God Bless
I’m currently reading “Surprised by Joy”, and let me respectfully say that is not how C.S. Lewis describes joy in that book. He uses the word “joy” to refer to a feeling he experienced at different moments in his life that he describes as one of simultaneous desire and satisfaction. I’m sure he would be all about everyone “knowing and understanding the purpose and meaning of our lives despite our temporary and fickle circumstances”, but I wanted to correct this misquotation because I found his thoughts on this feeling valuable, as they helped me realize what has been going on in my own heart when I experienced feelings very much like those he did.
would rather know the truth…however painful….
It is always good to know the truth as we are told that it will set us free even thought some truths are very very bitter!!!
Sure does make you stop and think doesn’t it?
Wow really great film!