Sabina Holtby - Miracles

I have been reading C.S. Lewis’ book Miracles in which he argues for the existence of miracles. The chapter I read this week dealt with the human resistance to the idea that nature is not self sustaining. It was interesting for me to see Lewis’ view of nature, how he felt that it was profane to take any amount of power away from mother nature, and how he came to the conclusion that nature is a creature same as any other creature.
He concluded that nature has many different faces and moods, when watching a sunset one may call nature serene, and later when battling the sea call her a vicious master. He recalled that this juxtaposition made it difficult to understand nature, because many see nature as a deity, it is the unmoved, and from the deity we expect consistency. He recalls discovering that nature was a creature and that all creatures are unstable and is capable of many moods and seasons.
God created nature so she is subject to the rule of God but capable of many inconsistencies. Nature does play such a vital role in the lives of humanity and it is so large it is part of every life and is therefore difficult to see as a single creature.