(in The Four Loves)
“The good man is sorry for the sins which have increased his Need. He is not entirely sorry for the fresh Need they have produced. And he is not sorry at all for the innocent Need that is inherent in his creaturely condition. For all the time this illusion to which nature clings as her last treasure, this pretence that we have anything of our own or could for one hour retain by our own strength any goodness that God may pour into us, has kept us from being happy.”
I am sorry we got our rear ends handed to us by Ohio State. I am not entirely sorry for the chance it gives me: to stick with this team through adversity. And I am happy about hearing Mark Pope say, “We’re gonna lose a lot of sleep over this.”
“The good man is sorry for the sins which have increased his Need. He is not entirely sorry for the fresh Need they have produced. And he is not sorry at all for the innocent Need that is inherent in his creaturely condition. For all the time this illusion to which nature clings as her last treasure, this pretence that we have anything of our own or could for one hour retain by our own strength any goodness that God may pour into us, has kept us from being happy.”
I am sorry we got our rear ends handed to us by Ohio State. I am not entirely sorry for the chance it gives me: to stick with this team through adversity. And I am happy about hearing Mark Pope say, “We’re gonna lose a lot of sleep over this.”