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- Buckets that leak
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- Are you walking at a distance from God?
- no matter when or where you’ve lived
- Why do we respond to beauty like we do?
- self-hate, or what God says about you
- if you haven’t read it…
- Depression: an embarrassment to be hidden, or a door for grace to enter through?
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- Talking to myself vs. talking to God
- Lean hard.
- passing through walls like rocks pass through water
- a septillion stars
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- if God never tires of making daisies
- A royal diadem in the hand of God?
- Is a different set of circumstances the answer?
- freed from always noticing yourself
- the "intolerable compliment"
Tag Archives: C.S. Lewis
Why do we respond to beauty like we do?
When we see beauty of all sorts: autumn leaves, spring flowers, summer fruit, we yearn for something which can hardly be put into words. We record beauty — in our minds or through paintings or by photographs — because beauty … Continue reading
the “intolerable compliment”
“We are, not metaphorically but in very truth, a Divine work of art, something that God is making, and therefore something with which He will not be satisfied until it has a certain character. Here again we come up against … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, C.S. Lewis, Divine work of art, masterpiece, sanctification, The Problem of Pain
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freed from always noticing yourself
“Christian humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less… It is to be no longer always noticing yourself and how you are doing and how you are being treated… Humility is a byproduct of belief … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, freed, humility, self-forgetfulness, Tim Keller
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What on earth is He up to?
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christian growth, clay, cottage, Isaiah 43:9, Jeremiah 18, Mere Christianity, palace, potter, sanctification, what on earth is he up to
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interruptions
Years ago, my older and wiser friend used to say, “Don’t be irritated when your plans are interrupted. Even when you’re running late, and stopped by every red light, see interruptions to your schedule as God’s good providence, possibly protecting … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith
Tagged anger, C.S. Lewis, Christian growth, Elisabeth Elliot, impatience, interruptions, patience, Prov. 16:9, providence, sanctification, schedule, selfish
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She’s living it
We sat over coffee. Me thrilled for her. And she thrilled for herself. She, who’s nearing what our culture would call the “retirement years,” who’s almost to the age when she and her husband could relax, play golf, and live … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God
Tagged American dream, C.S. Lewis, Corrie ten Boom, end of life, Matthew 19:28-30, missionary, missions, overseas mission, retirement
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A longing for another place
Mounded grey clouds blew in, and flurries of snow fell and dusted this scene soon after I took this photo. The horses nibbled through early morning layers of cold, and as I watched the flakes swirl toward the ground, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus
Tagged C.S. Lewis, heaven, longing, The Problem of Pain, what am I looking for, what I was made for, yearning
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rubbed and scraped for the tenth time
We are, not metaphorically but in very truth, a Divine work of art, something that God is making, and therefore something with which He will not be satisfied until it has a certain character. Here again we come up … Continue reading
no matter the year ahead
A year filled with joy or a year filled with trial. A year of jubilant celebration or mournful sighing. Or a year of the mixture of both. Whatever the days of 2015 hold for each us, one surety stands: God … Continue reading
ferns and summer and rays of sunlight
Summer smells and sounds, summer colors and places and memories. Which, if you imagine your happiest summer moment, come to mind? Do you dream of a cool haven tucked away in the deep green of a wooded wonderland? Do … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God
Tagged beauty, C.S. Lewis, frustrated, happiness, heaven, home, idols, Jesus Christ's supremacy, longing, pointers, preferences, satisfaction, summer, twisted, wonder, worship
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Made for another world
“If I find within myself a desire nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity) “It was as hard to explain how this sunlit land was … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, faith, heaven, Hebrews 11:1-16, made for another world, Mere Christianity, Narnia, satisfaction, satisfy, The Last Battle
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Even More Beautiful 