God in Outer Space
This entry was posted on 7/21/2008 5:42 PM and is filed under CS Lewis.
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and return. Supposedly either he or Nikita Khrushchev during a later speech, made the comment that he "didn't see any God there."
In 'The Seeing Eye', CS Lewis reflects on this and writes...
"The Russians, I am told, report that they have not found God in outer space... The belief in a local deity who can be contained in a particular temple, island or grove. That, in fact, seems to be the sort of religion about which the Russians - or some Russians, and a good many people in the West - are being irreligious. It is not in the least disquieting that no astronauts have discovered a god of that sort. The really disquieting thing would be if they had."
I like that. I think I tend to sometimes look for God or try to find Him in places of my choosing or places where I have encountered Him before. ie when I'm alone, at church, on a run, at prayer, etc... Instead, believing and knowing that He is always with me, I would like to be continually 'discovering' him during the day. Look He's here...