Status Updates From The Great Divorce

this is my first time reading this novel and wow. just wow. in the way i’d characterize orwell as a force of nature, born especially for generations that came after (re: the cultural and brilliant significance that is 1984), i’d say lewis emulates the same. even the preface was poignant. his writing style is effortlessly impactful as it is chilling as it is soul-stirring. chapter 5 will stay with me forever.

Even if a choice to choose God or Hell ( separation from God) bc without the choice, it’s just control. And control is not loving and all God knows how to be is loving. WOW. dude chapter 9 wow wow wow!!!

Complaining or appearance can turn into idols or a path of destruction if we don’t repeat of it. Or even the pleasures God gives us on earth like sports or arts, if we forget why we do them ( which is to glorify God and bring glory to Him) snd just do them just to do them or to get the credit when it’s all said and done ( a means to an end). And then it talks about all who go to Hell go by choice and why there->

And idk I can’t even explain it I just have to go back and look at my highlights. It’s just basically how literally anything can be turned into an idol or sinful or just in a path of death and destruction even if there were no bad intentions bc we are sinful beings by default and need to DAILY give up our crosses and repeat and try to live a life that it pointing towards God. Like even something as small as ->

Wow. Chapter 9 is so so good. I was annotating so much you’d think it was a school book I was having a test on. Like I won’t lie, I’m using chat also to explain the book bc it’s pretty confusing on its own. But ch 9 is just so yes. This wasn’t in the book but chat summarized it by saying “everything good can become an idol of you love the gift more than what the gift points to” like AINT THAT THE TRUTH