Bulletin 8.9.26

There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self -choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek, find. To those who knock, it is
opened.

– C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce, Chapter 9 (1946)

“It means, ” said Aslan, “that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.”

– C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950; Ch. 15)

Q: What are the decrees of God? A: The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.
Q: How does God execute his decrees? A: God executes his decrees in the works of
creation and providence.
Q: What are the works of providence? A: God's works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.

– The Westminster Shorter Catechism, Questions 7, 8 and 11 (1647)