Lewis: the capacity for meaning

Monday, August 3, 2026
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
    ”‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”
    —Matthew 13:14-15 (NIV)
Quotation:
    If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning—just as, if there were no light in the universe, and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know that it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
    ... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), Mere Christianity, New York: MacMillan, 1952, reprint, HarperCollins, 2001, p. 39 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 13:14-15; Ps. 119:69-70; Isa. 29:10-12; 44:20; Matt. 4:16; Luke 11:34-35; John 1:5; 3:19; 2 Thess. 2:9-12
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your purposes fill the earth with meaning. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
    search    script    mobile
sub    fb    twt    inst    Jonah    ; Ruth