C. S. Lewis says in his book “A Greif Observed”, “What sort of a lover am I to think so much about my affliction and so much less about hers? Even the insane call, ‘Come back’ is all for my own sake.” Now when reading this I found this statement a little peculiar as I started to think more about it. Is it really so insane to wish someone who was dead would come back to life even if the reason is that we are suffering without them. And so I continue to think if it is insane to wish someone back from heaven to earth to be with us then it would seem reasonable to wish that you’re loved one who have accepted Christ would die. It sounds very strange when I type it but in my view wishing someone dead so they can to go heaven and be ultimately happier is about the opposite as wishing someone to come back from heaven to have life again because for wishing them from death to life and out of heaven is the opposite as wishing them from life to death and to heaven. Honestly I would never wish a loved one of mine would die so that they could get to heaven sooner so in my opinion it really isn’t an insane call that Lewis is making when wishing for his wife to come back. I think there is nothing insane at all for wishing someone back to life just because life is a very short span of time compared to the eternal life that we are promised for being saved through Christ. Thus I believe that we should enjoy this state of existence for as long as we can because we have all of eternity to spend in heaven.
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