Thoughts from C.S. Lewis

Today and everyday we need God. 

It's not just a side note, or a comma to attach at the end of our own considerations, we need God first.

Here are a few thoughts from C.S. Lewis that struck home:

"Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms...This process of surrender is what Christians call repentance...If you ask God to take you back without it, you are really asking Him to let you go back without going back. It cannot happen...the same badness which makes us need it, makes us unable to do it.  Can we do it if God helps us?  Yes, but what do we mean when we talk of God helping us?  We mean God putting into us a bit of Himself, so to speak.  He lends us a little of His reasoning powers and that is how we think: He puts a little of His love into us and that is how we love one another.  When you teach a child writing, you hold their hand while they form the letters: that is, they form the letters because you are forming them.  We love and reason because God loves and reasons and holds our hand while we do it."