The Weight of Glory

I am not going to address the weight of glory, because I think there are more practical things to be learned and acknowledged in this writing. Early on this sermon written by C.S. Lewis, he states that "Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures...like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." (1) I would like to focus on that last sentence. Can any one of us say that they truly give their best effort in even one area of their life? No, because we are distracted by sin, whether we want to admit it or not. We can deny it no longer. I mean, who are we kidding? What is the point of pretending like we are something that we are not just to please or keep up a certain reputation with the people around us. We need to stop that and realize that none of that matters at all. Really no earthly thing matters. When it comes down to it, the only thing that matters is if we accept God as our Lord and Savior. Even though we cannot escape sin, we still need to make every effort push Satan away and be honest with God. It all comes down to, as my brother told me, whether or not you take God seriously, and it's as simple as that.
The other thing that I want to briefly touch on is that as Lewis says, "There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal." (9) That idea just seemed to contrary to how we view other people. For me, there are a ton of people that just drive me absolutely crazy. I do not give them even two seconds of my time, although some of that is due to the fact that I do associate with them. However, if what Lewis said is true, we are in a sense disrespecting God. I had never really thought of them as anything more than a nuisance in my life. Needless to say, I have a hard time accepting Lewis' statement, but that is because our human nature makes us arrogant and we do not like to admit when we are wrong.