You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (Quoted by C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity) (George MacDonald)

You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (Quoted by C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity)

George MacDonald

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