Sunday, December 13, 2009

By myself I am not large enough

“In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets. Now that Charles [a good friend to Lewis and Tolkien] is dead, I shall never again see Ronald’s [Tolkien] reaction to a specifically Charles joke. For from having more of Ronald, having him ‘to myself’ now that Charles is away, I have less of Ronald…. In this, Friendship exhibits a glorious ‘nearness by resemblance’ to heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases the fruition which each of us has of God. For every soul, seeing Him in her own way, doubtless communicates that unique vision to all the rest. That, says an old author, is why the Seraphim in Isaiah’s vision are crying ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ to one another (Isaiah 6:3). The more we thus share the Heavenly Bread between us, the more we shall have.”

~C.S. Lewis in an essay entitled “Friendship”

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

Michelle said...

A great thought--worth thinking about more!

Dan Luebcke said...

Yes, yes it is....I am wrestling through this as I start preparing to preach on Dec. 27th! :)