“Freedom is the power to choose our own chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

How true this is in a world that knows first hand the abuses of “free will.” So why does God respect our choices when it allows so much evil? C. S. Lewis offers an insightful answer. “Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.” The best use of free will is to give ourselves to that which yields superior and lasting happiness. That of course is found in loving and being loved by God. All love must be voluntary.

“I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good apart from you.” Ps.16.2 Conversations Within” ts 2/20/2019