I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was Feed my sheep,…

C. S. Lewis
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I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was Feed my sheep, not Try experiments on my rats, or even Teach my performing dogs new tricks. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.81, Simon and Schuster
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I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was Feed my sheep, not Try experiments on my rats, or even Teach my performing dogs new tricks. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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