“Mere Christianity” is a fascinating book. I tried to read it last summer and couldn’t get through it. I think I’ve come a long way since then, because this is soon to be one of my favorite books. A quote I just read that stood out to me is found on page 57 -
“We love and reason because God loves and reasons and holds our hand while we do it.”
Lewis is writing about our inability to be good and truly repentant people. We are unable to truly do good on our own. Just a young child needs a guiding hand to learn how to form letters when they write for the first time, we need the Lord to guide us in loving, repenting, forgiving, showing mercy, acting humbly, and giving unbiasedly. We are incapable of good on our own. But God is so faithful to work in us and guide us in righteousness.
I am so weak and incapable. But in that weakness, God is strong and faithful to complete in me what I could never do on my own.
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