Saturday, February 23, 2008

C.S.Lewis 1-3

While reading The Screwtape Letters I had to constantly go back and read again. I was a bit confused, and if i am wrong in my understanding of the letters, please correct me. I was able to sense that the uncle who was writing the letters was evil and was representing a demonic force and that the patient represents the people that believe in God. I found very true what he had to say about disappointment. Disappointment is something that I have found difficult to deal with throughout life, little by little I have learned how to cope with it. Yet, when I was reading that, I realized how destructive disappointment can be and how easy it can be for an evil person, or satan himself could take advantage of such situations in order to gain something from it. The last letter encouraged me to think about many things. I realized how much i can manage to complain about my mother without realizing how much I love her. There is something that happened earlier today that I would like to share. Lately, my mother and i have not been on the best terms ever, after reading this last letter I felt a need to apologize for judging her. Once I was done talking, my mother said that she accepted my apology but then began to tell me everything that i do that bothers her, I thought it was funny. She said that she felt like I didn't love her anymore and that she felt used by both my sister and I, I felt awful after this, and I decided that I never want to turn into what that mother and son in the last letter turned into.

2 comments:

bbeanerbbear said...

i sort of had the same understood the book somewhat like you. I had to re-read it again and I do feel like the devil does temp and disappointment you through life. I guess it's a good thing because this shows our faith in God and how the devil really can't take over our lives because we fight our struggles, like you did with your mom!

Kayl said...

I too was confused with this reading and didn't quite get the concept. I do agree with you about the demonic issue at play but this is still illusive. I am glad though we didn't understand it that you still could take something so meaningful from it. That's awesome that you and your mother fixed your relationship due to this so far crazy book.