“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you 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 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, Mere Christianity
God definitely is one to completely change things up, when we allow him to.
ReplyDeleteC.S. Lewis sure was one to give food for thought. I don't exactly think I agree with him on this point though-about the remodeling making a palace. It just doesn't seem right this side of heaven... I don't know. May have to give his analogy some more thought...
What do you think?