Letter to the Class

image Faith and Reason CS Lewis wrote... "In getting a dog out of a trap, in extracting a thorn from a child’s finger, in teaching a boy to swim or rescuing one who can’t, in getting a frightened beginner over a nasty place on the mountain, the one fatal obstacle may be their distrust.... We ask them to believe that what is painful will relieve their pain, and that which looks dangerous is their only safety. We ask them to accept apparent impossibilities: that moving the paw farther back into the trap is the way to get it out—that hurting the finger very much more will stop the finger from hurting, that water which is obviously permeable will resist and support the body… that to go higher and onto an exposed ledge is the way not to fall." God asks that we use our faith to combat the reason that incorporates our fear to cause that internal wrestle, do we trust God or our senses? Martin Harris wrestled with his faith and he taught proof over and over again but it wa