God Speaks- Emily Williamson

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."

C.S. Lewis makes this statement in The Problem of Pain. He wrote this novel in an objective view of what pain is and how it relates to the Christian tradition. This book becomes extremely relevant to C.S. Lewis' life as he falls in love and loses his wife to cancer. He writes A Grief Observed in response to his wife's death, which is an application of the ideals addressed in The Problem of Pain.

This quote explores the themes of pain and suffering and the role God plays in it. While God speaks to us throughout our lives, He uses our times of suffering immensely as a growing experience and an outlet for Him to speak to us. I recently heard the analogy of God trying to talk to us clearly is like trying to talk to someone 500 feet from you in a crowded, loud room. You would have to shout over all the people in order to kind of hear the other person. Messages can be mixed as well. However, despite the noise and static, God does not give up. He still speaks to us.