C.S. Lewis - We Have No Right to Happiness
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Published 2023-10-28
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My wife and I have been married for 45 years. I remember our marriage entered a new phase of happiness once I learned that she could not make me happy. That is too great a burden to place on any mere human, no matter how awesome they are. I learned I had to find happiness in God, for He alone can carry that burden.
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Happiness is a fleeting fluctuating emotion , but the Joy of the Lord is our strength .
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One of the best things I learnt after being saved was that I was no longer under pressure to feel happy in the world. That the Lord is my happiness and He is not of this world.
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I have admired CS lewis ever since reading mere Christianity. This insight is monumental. No sexual restraint = no civilisation.
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Everyone talks about the right; no one talks about the cost.
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I can let go of the happiness vacuum. It’s such a weight lifted when you realize life isn’t about being happy. It truly is about giving glory to the Lord and I can rest assured that he will comfort me and protect me in the end. What good is it for a man to gain the world and lose his own soul?
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"A society in which conjugal infidelity is tolerated must always be, in the long run, a society adverse to women." - C.S. Lewis
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You cannot build your happiness on someone else's misery. Or when your happiness comes at the cost of someone else's unhappiness.
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A dire warning that was ignored by most. Now we see the terrible, rotten fruits Lewis and others warned us about.
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CS Lewis is still speaking profound wisdom into the world, decades after leaving it. I pray that people hear him now.
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He puts all my thoughts into words I could never formulate
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Happiness is subjective and temporary. To chase it, without constraints, is to be an addict.
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"Whom God hath joined together, let no man pull asunder "
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Happiness depends only from one source: GOD. “Joyful are people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the Lord. Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts. They do not compromise with evil, and they walk only in his paths.” (Psalms 119:1-3 NLT)
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Happiness is transient emotion. It comes from an external stimulus...hence the phrase " makes happy" Joy is an internal baseline. It doesnt come from anything or anyone external. It comes from the Holy Spirt inside .
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Joy is a fruit of the spirit
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I've seen this play out recently in my family. It is so common these days for people to make decisions based purely on their personal happiness, and society has changed so much that those decisions are often validated by friends. So many families have been irreparably changed in the pursuit of someone's personal happiness.
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Wow. He articulates it so well. The only proof you need to know he’s right is to look outside lol
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Boy howdy, we have gone down a more dangerous road of sexual "happiness" than possibly Mr. Lewis could not even have imagined.
