Becca Owsley

“He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself.” #CSLewis The Weight of Glory

"A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man is enabled to repent and pick himself up and begin over again after each stumble--because the Christ-life is inside him, repairing him all the time." #CSLewis | #MereChristianity – at Oxford, England

“I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away." #CSLewis – at Oxford, England

“Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” #CSLewis

"If God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him." #CSLewis – at Oxford, England

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. #CSLewis – at Oxford, England

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” #CSLewis – at Oxford, England

“You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion. #CSLewis | #Narnia – at Narni, Umbria

“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage." #CSLewis – at Oxford, England

"No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. Those who knock it is opened." #CSLewis – at Oxford, England

I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice – at Oxford, England

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. #CSLewis – at Oxford, England

“If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them." #CSLewis – at Lehi, UT

“God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was I who didn't."

You & I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures & added grown-up ones as well – at Utah, USA