Blog #15 CS Lewis’s way of bringing people to faith- Anne Porter Hudgins

 One of the reasons I love CS Lewis's writing so much is that he was not always a Christian. I was not raised Christian, and the idea always felt forced and fake. The people around me have always hurt me. They called themselves Christian, which wasn't a priority in my school or community. Much like CS Lewis, I have always been spiritually minded and giving thanks to God but not thinking much about what this God looks like. It wasn't until my senior year of high school and first year of college that I started to explore what Faith could look like in my life. It all started with a Buddhist book. I started learning about Eastern religion and found out how to vote. Each person was so beautiful, but I felt like there was more. I started researching the theology behind Christianity, which brought me to Faith more than anything. I was at a vulnerable week's day I needed God more than I ever had. I love when people have amazing stories of coming to Faith. Mine was utterly dull in comparison to so many of my friends and the people around me, yet there is such a change of heart that happens seemingly overnight that words do not describe it. I cannot imagine living my life without God in the absolute center. It was the weirdest thing; my world started changing around me. The actual circumstances stayed the same; my mindset was completely different. I in the fact that he was not raised, Christian. All these lies in my head told me I wouldn't be appreciated in a Christian community for not always believing. I felt it would be judged. I felt unlovable because I was not always living for God. CS Lewis was such an instrumental person in my lonely crawl to life as a Christian, and to think about his impact on the church is such a spectacular display of God's grace. 

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