You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is…

C. S. Lewis
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You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself ✨ C.S. Lewis (1960). Mere Christianity
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Tea should be taken in solitude. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1966). Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Forgive us as we forgive- we are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse Gods mercy for ourselves.

You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself ✨ C.S. Lewis (1960). Mere Christianity

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