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C.S Lewis..

4:25 PM

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have to really thank Tze Hui for her morning call..if not I wun reach sch early liao..thank you tze hui!!

Then on the way to sch, receive prayer smses from Patricia and Joshua..so sweet of them!it really boosted my confidence!!haha..words of affirmation.. thank you pat and josh!! =)

The paper was ok.. can pass.. haha.. thank God it is easier than organic chem.. I got a very strong feeling that jaundice will sure come out.. but I din bother to care abt that!!can you beat that?? But thank God I still can rem some of the details.. hehe..

Went to sembawang to meet cerelia and sheena.. then we go civics centre together to study.. sigh.. somebody misinterpreted wat I said in the sms.. then resulted in misunderstanding.. worse thing.. the tone was so sarcastic.. not sheena or cerelia.. but someone else.. sigh..nvm..

Haha..we studied in the library.. at the same time, we also crap a lot.. we discuss when we want to get married and have children etc.. haha.. and wat we looked for in our partner.. although we already know long ago wat each of us wants, but our taste do change from time to time.. not so much on appearances or some superficial qualities.. but more on the inner beauty..told cerelia, "he must be my best friend.."..haha.. now I shall add more to it, ".....and confidant with a common spiritual goal and interest at least." High expectation??dunno lah..haha.. Erm.. for sheena and cerelia, I better not disclosed it here.. =X

Haha..we had quite a lot of laughters in the library.. LOL.. cerelia’s reactions forever that funny.. cant stand it..LOL.. haha..

Supposed to study rite? Haha.. rite.. but eileen got distracted and searched the library for books to read.. got myself 2 recipe books ( so housewife again eh? =S ), and 2 books on christian literature..i completed reading the book titled ‘A Grief Observed’ written by C.S Lewis..

The death of his wife was a great grief for him.. his wife passed away becos of cancer.. the book record how he met his wife, how they walked thru the journey of marriage, the death of his wife, how his faith wavered, and how God shone His light into the situation and alot of minor details in his life.. an amazing book..and a guy actually had the courage to write them all out in a book, to share with others.. it takes a lot of courage and humility for someone who was trained in the British Army ( British Army trained guys not to cry. ) to share the most vulnerable period of his life to others.. it is a very personal book and it is very touching..I like it a lot.. =)

I will quote some of the sentences from the book when I’m free.. now got to go back to my micro B.. =S

For him, that was a period of a trial of faith.. to defend himself against the loss of belief in God, he wrote this journal, an eloquent statement of rediscovered faith.. he passed the test..

This is the book that inspires the film "shadowlands".. =)

hehe.. below is a summary of his love and marriage life..very touching.. =(

When Lewis published The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, he was already 50 years old and still living with Mrs. Moore and his brother, Warnie, at The Kilns. As he had never had a serious romantic attachment to a woman, there was little expectation that at this point in his life he would marry.

However, in an unexpected twist of fate, this is exactly what came to pass. In January 1950, Lewis began a correspondence with an American woman, Joy Davidman Gresham. Like many other fans, she had written to Lewis after reading and being inspired by his books, and he had responded. Eventually, Gresham decided to visit England to meet the famous writer, and the two arranged to have lunch together in September 1952. The lunch was a great success, and Lewis invited Gresham to spend Christmas at The Kilns.

At this point, Lewis and Gresham were simply good friends. There was no possibility of a union between them because Gresham was already married. But the marriage was not a happy one, and the couple divorced in 1953. Joy Gresham then moved to England with her two young sons, David and Douglas.

Gradually over time, the relationship between Lewis and Gresham became more serious. Still, there was some hesitancy about taking the next step. Then in 1956 a crisis occurred, when the British immigration service refused to renew Gresham's visa, which meant that she'd have to return to the United States. Rather than have that happen, Gresham and Lewis decided to marry so that Gresham could stay in Britain legally, as the wife of a British citizen. It would be a marriage in name only, though, and they would remain good friends as before.

Another crisis soon pushed the relationship further. Only a few months after their "civil" marriage, Joy Gresham was diagnosed with cancer. As the disease had spread throughout her body, the doctors held out little hope for her survival. It was at this point that Lewis realized just how much he loved her. In March of 1957, the two were married again, this time by an Anglican priest, in a bedside ceremony at the hospital. Although Joy's health improved during the next year, enough so that the Lewises could take a belated honeymoon in Wales and Ireland, the cancer returned in 1959. She died on July 13, 1960.

After her death, Lewis's own health deteriorated, and in the summer of 1963 he resigned his post at Cambridge. His death, which occurred on November 22, 1963—the same day President Kennedy was assassinated—was only quietly noted. He is remembered, however, by readers the world over, whom he has delighted and inspired for generations.

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."

Genesis 2:24

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