Luther and Lewis

In Christ, as I have said, they are all alike. Grace is granted equally to all and brings full salvation to each individual, as the highest and most common possession; thus whoever has Christ has everything. And there will be a distinction in glory with which we shall be adorned, and in the brightness with which we shall shine.—Martin Luther, Conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, AE 21:294

Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us. We ‘have all we want’ is a terrible saying ‘all’ does not include God. We find God an interruption. As St. Augustine [note: today is his commemoration] says somewhere, ‘God wants to give us something, but cannot, because our hands are full—there’s nowhere for Him to put it.’—C. S. Lewis, Business of Heaven, p. 219