making mud pies

"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."

C.S. Lewis

I love how this man wrote; he made so much sense. He made (and makes) Christianity seem so logical. But at the same time, he had so much conviction for us mere mortals to relate completely (at least for me). It's hard to find comfort when I am stuck in the slum making mud pies...and cannot trust that I can go off to a holiday at the sea. C.S. Lewis makes perfect sense but I cannot make sense out of it.