Miracles

I'm going to be 100% honest, and I'm not sure that is a good thing. But the top line of my notes says, "Miracles...intellectual, abstract...personally for me kinda confusing." And that seriously sums up this book for me. I'm not totally positive what all the points that C.S. Lewis was trying to make in this book were. We talked about how Lewis's audience for this book was much more intellectual than some of the other books we've read. And I guess I'm just not all that intellectual.

I'm simply going to let you all know what my favorite part of this book was. When Lewis is talking about the nature of God I think its beautiful when he talks about God as a real person, a concrete, choosing human being with a particular character. I've never really thought about God having a unique character or personality. I've never really thought about God being happy or mad or sad. For me He has just been a constant - someone who never changes. It makes me wonder if God makes jokes, if He laughs, if He mourns when He sees us sad.

When I was younger my brother told me that he had full conversations with God. Not just asking for help or being grateful for blessings, but full on conversations. He'd tell our Heavenly Father jokes, tell Him how his day went . . . pretty much everything and anything were fair game when it came to prayer. This for me is a novelty idea. But it makes me realize that everything really is fair game for talking to God. We are meant to develop a relationship with Him . . . and what better way than cracking jokes, telling personal stories, and sharing every part of ourselves with Him?