BBC Program

I liked listening to the BBC program because I thought it was interesting to get the perspectives of Lewis's close friends and peers, and some of what they talked about was not what I expected them to talk about at all. I thought it was funny when someone said that Lewis didn't like children, and then the next person said that Lewis loved children. I found those two interviews to be contradictory and ironic, for obvious reasons, after all he did write the Chronicles of Narnia.

It was reassuring and comforting to me knowing that Lewis had many struggles and issues that he had to deal with in his life. I think the fact that he is such a good writer and that he was such a profound thinker made it seem like there was never anything wrong with him. I always assumed that he just had a nice, easy life because he was so smart. I have learned now that that was an incorrect assumption. It was especially hard for Lewis when his wife Joy died, and that is tough for anyone to lose a spouse like that. It wasn't a good time in Lewis's life, but it was a good way for us to realize that Lewis is an actual person, he is not immortal.

I think that there is a good comparison between Jesus Christ and Lewis. Because of Lewis and some of the problems he faced in his life, I feel like I can understand more about what Jesus had to deal with when He came to earth. It wasn't easy for Him, and He was God's Son, but He had to struggle through life just like the rest of us. I don't know what it's like to get beaten and put on a cross like Jesus was, but I now know that even though Jesus is God's Son, He had a tough time here on earth.