The Screwtape Letters... *reflections*

airway sensitivity aka "asthma cough" ... *hmm* reading up on it online seems a little scary so shant do so. Prayers that i'll get well soon!! =)

Reflections admist MC today. XP Spent a day in bed and with books. Got so hooked on this book for a long while...Such a thought challenging book! *warning...ignore post if you're brain dead*

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.

This book is about letters from a devil written to his nephew devil to tempt and play with human's mind. (in short)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwtape_Letters (read more)

Just thought i would highlight some interesting portion which really show us how the devil attempts to tempt us....

" We want him to be in the maximum uncertainty, so that his mind will be filled with contadictory pictures of the future, every one of which arouses hope or fear. There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy(GOD), He (GOD) wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking aobut what will happen to them."

The devil tempts us to worry, to fear about the future, to live in uncertainty and hopefully doubt GOD's will for us.

"Keep his mind on the inner life. He thinks his conversion is something inside him and his attention is therefore chiefly turned at present to the states of his own mind—or rather to that very expurgated version of them which is all you should allow him to see. Encourage this. Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones. Aggravate that most useful human characteristic, the horror and neglect of the obvious. You must bring him to a condition in which he can practise self-examination for an hour without discovering any of those facts about himself ,which are perfectly clear to anyone who has over lived in the same house with him or worked the same office."

The devil tempts us to focus so much on ourselves. That we become disillusioned and oblivious to things around us and actions that we potray. He tries to decieve us.

http://members.fortunecity.com/phantom1/books2/c._s._lewis_-_the_screwtape_letters.htm

Only shared 2 portions... above is the site with the letters. =)