“That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal suffering, ‘No future bliss can make up for it’ not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory.”

–C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce (New York: HarpersCollins, 1946), 69.

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  1. […] our unhappy lives. Although I like C.S. Lewis very much, he focuses on heavenly bliss, believing “Heaven will work backwards” and turn all our hardships into meaning after our lives are lived. A quick internet search brings […]

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