Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Fav Quote of C. S. Lewis

I have been reading C S Lewis and decided to include my favorite quote of his. I love the imagery and that each of us has in some way felt that 'knocking'.


Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.

C. S. Lewis

1 comment:

Heather said...

I love CS Lewis. I took a class in college that was called CS Lewis. All we did was read his works, study his life and apply to us. It was my Favorite class ever. I should read up again, it's been a while...