Breaking Down the Walls

I've been reading a lot of C.S. Lewis this summer. Lots of Narnia, but also bits and pieces of his various works. The following is taken from Mere Christianity:

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 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 going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.

I must say Lewis makes a viable point here. Christ was the original carpenter... and there have been times when I have handed the keys to my house over to the Lord, while denying Him access to my personal blueprints. Even though I knew He loved me and wanted the best for me as His child- there have been so many times that I have underestimated the plans He has for my life. There is a lot of beating and banging going on right now in my life. Walls are coming down, and blueprints are being rewritten. As the song goes, "He's still working on me..." Please pray for me as I remember each of you.