“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Romans 12:2 NIV
Jesus said, “Be Perfect…
Of course being perfect for any human, whether he or she a sinner or a saint, is impossible. But He told us that with His help anything is possible. The process of being remade into the person God means for us to be is sometimes difficult. Sometimes we resist because it makes no sense to us. It is not the way we would have it. The difficulty for me is to be patient, to let go and to let God have His Way with me. When I let His Will prevail miracles happen…
For as CS Lewis wrote: “I find I must borrow yet another parable from George MacDonald. 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 knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of…a palace not a little cottage…”
– “A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works” by C. S. Lewis
The Mountain House…
The building of the Mountain House in Sapphire…(Mom and Dad’s beloved home!)
DKS