It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God…

C. S. Lewis
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It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.162, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.162, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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