LOVE TALK {The One with Jack and Joy}

Clive Staples Lewis is someone who knew how to love everyone around him.  Some of you may know him as the author of the Chronicles of Narnia, but I know him as a man who truly understood love.  He always put others before himself, and sometimes that included people who took advantage of his kindness, but it didn’t matter.  If you enjoy reading a good biography, I would highly recommend the one written by his stepson, Douglas Gresham.

{His Story}  Unfortunately he and his wife had a short lived relationship due to her passing away from cancer very early in their life together.  Lewis knows the heartache of loss well, but he was able to cling to love to get him through.  I feel like part of marriage is about learning how to love someone, but Lewis and Joy already knew how to do that, and they soaked up every moment they had together.

I read once that Jack (as he liked to be called) cared so much for Joy, that he prayed that he would be able to take the burden of her pain so that she would not have to suffer it herself.  He prayed so hard, and for one night he was struck with such a paralyzing pain he knew was hers.  That same night she was able to have the strength to get out of bed and enjoy an evening with her children for one of the last times.  If only I could be that lucky someday too; to be able to know how to truly and deeply love someone in such an extraordinary way, even if only for a short time.



{Question}  Do any of you have a story they've heard or experienced about a love that looks like this?  I would love to hear them if you don't mind sharing!