Perelandra, Part One

So...I've been reading Lewis' Perelandra, and I've decided to do a series (ish) of blogs on interesting/relevant quotations from it...putting it in my own words, thoughts, and explaining why I think they are relevant etc. I'm not sure if this will be interesting to anyone, but it will be helpful and fun for me to do. Although, they will be scattered a bit....I won't be doing them all in a row or something. I'll be doing it from various quotations as I see fit. So...without further ado.

One joy was expected and another is given...you could refuse the real good; you could make the real fruit taste insipid by thinking of the other" (page 69).

This is what Tolkien called "the sin of the Elves". It is holding onto something too long, specifically, holding onto something good that is old and something you are used to, and resisting against change.

It is an idea of resisting something good that God might have for you because you are holding onto the old good that God had given you or blessed you with. A common term used in churches is 'taking out of the comfort zone'.

An interesting question....is the thing that is good still good if you hold onto it for so long that God can no longer use you? If you refuse to accept a new good from God because you still long and hold onto the old good, is it still a good? Or is it being selfish?


It is an odd one...to how strongly people hate change....specifically when one has been used to it for a long amount of time. (And I'll admit, I'm the same way.) Except when one clings so hard to the things that God has already given you, you miss out on the new blessings and goods that God wants to give you.

Well...that's all I have time for...the next few blogs will be a lot longer than this one. Most likely.

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