My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after…

C. S. Lewis
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My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.31, Faber & Faber
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My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.31, Faber & Faber

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