Lewis: The man behind the legend

After hearing all the things Lewis's friends had to say about a man that I do not know to much about. A few people mention this in class, but I feel like saying again that what I find most striking about the audio is the realization of how human Lewis was. In the midst of all the fantastic writing and the great books, one can easily forget that behind all of that is a really man, who really loved God, and who really suffered for the same of Christ. I was shocked as well as delighted to hear that he had time of loneliness, that he had time of grief, and that he had time of loses as well of triumphs. When thing about the people who have influenced us, it is easy to get disillusioned about what they may really be like in person. If a person were to ask me to draw a mental picture of Lewis, I would have a picture of a man sitting on his desk happily writing something. It is, however, in-lighting to know that he was not always like that.

I was glad to have heard for the months of those closest to him on just how much he loved his wife. His marriage is not something that I have heard a lot about (other then what I know from a grief observed). The depth of his love for her was beyond encouraging. It shows that he was a person who truly understood what it means to love your wife like Christ loved the church. I was relieved to understand that his seeming dislike of woman was simply due to his dislike of how he didn't have much intellectual woman around him. This is proven, further, by how he feel in love with the only woman (other than his mother) who did match and challenged him intellectually. It give me hope that God will send me a wife who matches and challenges me intellectually.