The Insistence of Chronology
During our mortal lives, however, chronos is not merely illusion. My body aging is aging according to human chronology, not nucleon or galactic chronology. My knees creak. My vision is variable. My energy span is shorter than I think it ought to be. There is nothing I can do to stop the passage of this kind of time in which we human beings are set. I can work with it rather than against it, but I cannot stop it. I do not like what it is doing to my body. If I live as long as many of my forebears, these outward diminishments will get worse, not better. But these are the outward signs of chronology, and there is an other Madeleine who is untouched by them, the part of me that lives forever in kairos and bears God's image.
from Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections of Madeleine L'Engle
But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him.
From Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a vortex, as she expressed it, writing way at her novel with all her heart and soul, for till that was finished she could find no peace.
From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Favorite books by these authors:
(worthy of note: we love the movie of The Inheritance, but the book didn't do it for us. The father in the movie is a great character, and he is fabulously quotable.)
Last year's meme post in honor of Lewis, L'Engle and Alcott.
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I don't think I knew about Madeleine L'Engle. If I did, I certainly forgot. Yesterday was my middle son's birthday. He loves it that he shares it with C.S. Lewis.
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