Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not wh…

C. S. Lewis
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Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.87, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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