.A living house.

"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 down the house about in a way that hurt 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 than the one you though 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 in to a decent little cottage: but he is building a palace."

-C.S. Lewis

I cannot adequately describe how much I love this quote. Whenever I'm down about something, or just need a boost, I read this quote. And it does the trick every time. It puts things in to perspective, which is something we all need from time to time.

-Ives