My latest reading is "Mere Christianity" by the great Clive Staples Lewis. A great man, and a great philosopher. He began as an atheist but then Christianity was answering too many questions for him to stand against it any more.
For anyone who claims atheism I would highly encourage them to read him. Anything, even if only the Narnia tales.
One salient point I want to leave you with today is the idea of temptation. Those who give in to temptation cannot know the difficulty in avoiding indulgence, because they have never done so themselves. So often people try to pressure us into doing something that goes against our morals, but we should not feel that we are below them in refusing, but instead that we have chosen the higher and more difficult road. In truth, only Jesus Christ knows the breadth of suffering that accompanies resisting our appetites for he was perfect in maintaining command over them. Therefore, let us not look down next time we are pressured into thinking we should compromise our morals, but look to Christ as our guide and be proud that we can follow his dignity in some small way.
May our God and Father help us to learn the truth of this more and more every day, as well as bless our Holy Father while he is in Turkey for the next few days.
Tim
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We miss you in Ames, Tim. I hope all is still well in NY!
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