“I suggest to you that it is because God loves us that he makes us the...” – C.S Lewis (Jack), Shadowlands ... Movie Quotes Database

I suggest to you that it is because God loves us that he makes us the gift of suffering. Pain is Gods megaphone to rouse a deaf world . You see we are like blocks of stone out of which the sculptor carves the forms of men. The blows of his chisel which hurt us so much with are what makes us perfect.

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C.S Lewis (Jack) Isn’t God supposed to be good? Isn’t God supposed to love us? And does God want us to suffer? What if the answer to that question is yes? ’Cause I’m not sure that God particularly wants us to be happy. I think he wants us to be able to love and be loved. He wants us to grow up. I suggest to you that it is because God loves us that he makes us the gift of suffering. C.S Lewis (Jack) I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God, it changes me. C.S Lewis (Jack) I love you, Joy. I love you so much. You made me so happy. I didn't know I could be so happy.