“But I thought I could detect a moment–a very, very short moment–before this [my duty to please the Creator turned into the deadly poison of self-admiration] happened, during which the satisfaction of having pleased those whom I rightly loved and rightly feared was pure. And that is enough to raise our thoughts to what may happen when the redeemed soul, beyond all hope and nearly beyond belief learns at last that she has pleased Him whom she was created to please. There will be no vanity then. She will be free from the miserable illusion that it is her doing. With no taint of what we should now call self-approval she will most innocently rejoice in the thing that God has made her to be…”
-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
A very, very short moment.
Would that those moments would stretch longer.
Ah, so lovely. Something to look forward to!
That is a wonderful quote! Thank you.
This is beautiful!