A Lament

In this masterful work, C.S Lewis lays bare the most vulnerable aspects of his deeply personal grief as if it challenges his well-informed faith in Christ. He considers grief as a never-ending valley of twists and turns with surprising yet horrifying landscapes at some bends. Lewis wonders whether his wallowing is justified in God's presence. He also ponders whether his questions to God are nonsensical. The mystery of his dead wife's present condition (if we can say so, for such realms are devoid of time) overwhelms him so much so that his passionate desire to be with his beloved one more time haunts him.

Lewis feels amputated, for he has lost his soul mate. He argues that perhaps God is not testing his faith in this time of grieving. Instead, Lewis gets to know its depths in undesirable and painful circumstances. He believes that only in a life-and-death situation can one's faithfulness to God be fully affirmed. Maybe that is why he has to go through his pain focused on the suffering of Christ and not get over it or outgrow it as if to say, "The past doesn't matter anymore."

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