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The Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. Lewis

5.0

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The Pilgrim's Regress is C.S. Lewis' added thoughts on John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. I really enjoyed this read, and as with all of the books I've read by C.S. Lewis, there are moments in this book where I was "mind-blown" and had to take a break and let my thoughts process what I just read. I love a good book that makes me rethink my life perspective.

My main take-away from this book was something that changed my perspective on the "journey to heaven". In very short summary , Lewis demonstrated that our journey before God from our first impression looks similar to how we view our lives, but then when we take a second look and see the spiritual side that God views us from, it all looks very different. Everything that we come into contact with in life that takes us away from God (people, places, life events), making us sinful, doesn't exist in the way God views us and in how we will see our own life journey upon reaching the afterlife. God sees what is most important. And that's it. What he sees is you traveling towards him and the goodness and wisdom you encounter through it all. The difficulty of the journey and the life lessons learned from it isn't taken away. But the bad is gone. It remains on earth where you left it.