Plantinga

In the first chapter of plantinga he describes our longing for god by comparing it to the hope we have for things of beauty. He writes that when we see, hear, or feel things that are beautiful, we want to join up with them or "get in" them. He states that this is really our longing to get in God. This ties in with CS Lewis' wieght of glory because CS Lewis describes that same sort of longing for some kind of God. We see the beauty of His handiwork everyday and we try to connect with it but when we remember or go back to where it happened all we find the object because the beauty we saw was a glimpse of God or of heaven. According to Plantinga this innate feeling of hope is within all of us. He also states that it is useless without works, just like faith. In essence, if we have true hope for what is to come then we must live our lives accordingly spending every waking moment striving towards that moment when we will meet our Father in heaven face to face.