Living house

From C.S. Lewis

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 any 

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 - throwing out a new wing

here, putting on an extra floor there, running up 

towers, making courtyards. You thought you were 

being made into a decent little cottage: but He is

building a palace. He intends to come and live in it

Himself."