The Weight of Glory

I was captivated by the words Lewis wrote in The weight of glory. I found the essay to be very strong in meaning and it really cut deep into my mind and got me really thinking. I really liked the quote from page 1, “There is the reward which has no natural connexion with the things you do to earn it.” I agree with Lewis when he talks about the mercenary and men wedding women for the money. I agree when he states that “marriage is the proper reward for a real lover and he is not a mercenary for desiring it.” This basically got me thinking and I concluded that everything has an action and a reward, sometimes the reward isn’t what we want but we take it anyway. We can’t perform false tasks for false rewards i.e. marrying woman for her money. We need to marry the woman who captures our heart and we fall head over heels in love with. Lewis then states an example about a young boy learning Greek poetry which I thought was really insightful.

He then puts the Christian in the same perspective as the schoolboy. In relation, our goal is to make to Heaven and everlasting life. That is the reward for a life that is lived in “obedience in our increasing power to desire the ultimate reward” as Lewis states. This essay was really insightful for me and it opened my understanding of getting to the next life and living to love the Lord. I would recommend this essay for anytime reading to “refresh” the knowledge and difference between and mercenary and a true lover or a true general.