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What Joy Preserved

When (Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
met Joy Gresham, a Jewess, 
he had questioned his faith in God.
She gently proved his doubt was flawed. 

Later in his book, …Grief Observed
Lewis writes of what Joy preserved.
Changed by what he had learned of pain,
from his wife who gave him free rein.


for Dr. Ram's contest  " Husbands are in
heaven whose wives scold not"
a quatrain with an air of clerihew


I recommend a study of their  brief marriage -
C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman Gresham.

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Abdulhafeez Oyewole Date: 3/4/2014 1:54:00 PM Nice Write! Congrats on your fine win, Reason!!! Login to Reply

Sheri Fresonke Harper Date: 3/2/2014 7:11:00 PM Excellent homage to one of my favorite writers, Poteet, congratulations on your win! Login to Reply Reason A. Poteet Date: 3/3/2014 4:56:00 PM Thank you, Sheri, I learned that he was more modern than I thought and died in 1963. I was living then and in college.

Nette Onclaud Date: 3/2/2014 12:52:00 PM yes, a heavenly write, reason.. congrats! Login to Reply

Richard Lamoureux Date: 3/2/2014 10:54:00 AM Unequally yoked! A most interesting study. Congratulations. Login to Reply Richard Lamoureux Date: 3/3/2014 5:31:00 PM Amen to that brother. Reason A. Poteet Date: 3/3/2014 4:58:00 PM Thanks, Richard, it gives a new meaning to that phrase. Former Christian turned atheist marries a communist Jew and finds a restored relationship with Christ. Wonders never cease.

Kayod5 Kayode Date: 3/2/2014 4:41:00 AM Congrats on the win Reason . No doubt, a great one is this. You are a Champion. Login to Reply Reason A. Poteet Date: 3/2/2014 6:03:00 AM Thanks, Kay... Takes one to know one.

Dr.Ram Mehta Date: 3/2/2014 3:48:00 AM Thanks for supporting my contest and congrats on the fine win, reason Login to Reply Reason A. Poteet Date: 3/2/2014 6:03:00 AM Thanks, Dr. Ram, I learned much about CS Lewis in the write and have ordered A Grief Observed from Amazon as a result as well as Shadowlands. Appreciate the placement in your contest.

Vincent Flannery Date: 2/26/2014 7:13:00 PM Very true write Reason, when you are young and in love you don't think about these things. But as you mature and get older, you wish you did. On Ruth i had to go back to the vetse over and over. May God inspire you. Login to Reply Reason A. Poteet Date: 3/2/2014 6:04:00 AM Thank you Vincent, age counts in loving someone.