C.S. Lewis poetically captured in his masterpiece, Mere Christianity, “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
As much as I love this world (too much most of the time) and the great things that God created in it, I am increasingly becoming aware of this longing deep within my spirit for something more. Something better. Something more alive, brighter, more fulfilling, indeed something even more real than what I am currently able to touch, taste, hear, smell, and see. Oh, for heaven and a life together with God himself!
In his own philosophical, poetic, fantastical way, Lewis wrote on the subject of heaven, earth, and hell in many of his books, most especially The Great Divorce, which is a must-read for anyone interested in the topic. I think he gave a fresh perspective on the timeless truths of the Bible that tell us that we are most certainly to live in this world, but not to be of this world (John 17:11,16) and that the present earth is only our temporary home, whereas the eternal destiny of God’s children is with him in paradise (Hebrews 11:13-16, 2 Corinthians 5:1-2, Revelation). On the other hand, those who are not in Christ or of God are destined for eternal separation from Him in hell (1 Thessalonians 1:8-9, Matthew 25:41).
New Zealander Brooke Fraser beautifully puts to music some of these thoughts in her "C.S. Lewis Song":
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right on man. that book rocks. good thoughts.
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