Eric Morgan-- Outside reading #2

Another book that I read this semester was C.S. Lewis' autobiography Surprised by Joy. This book although dry at times was another great perspective of life and the glory of God. C.S. Lewis was a man who struggled with the thought of God all through his life. He through this struggle, for a period in the middle, completely rejected God and became an atheist. Through this expirience he ended up realizing that atheism was a lifestyle that lead to zero fullfillment and that simply one aspect of God was enough for him to live his life in a spiritual manner. Joy was this aspect and through his life he battled with this feeling and the meaning of it. Although it is evidence that God is there and joy only comes from God, what he found was that the search for joy in only itself was also a route to nothing. He found that in searching for joy and not the source he was never fullfilled and that the only way for him to expirience joy he would have to purely focus on God and not the side affects of their reactions. This book was just another influence on my life and was a factor in the shaping of my mind in what it is today, and through reading it I feel as if I have a greater understanding on the spirituality of my life and interaction with God.