C.S. Lewis Rocks

I have just finished reading "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis and I wanted to share a quote that I loved from the book.

The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self - all your wishes and precautions - to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead. For what we are trying to do is to remain what we call "ourselves," to keep personal happiness as our great aim in life, and yet at the same time be "good." We are all trying to let our mind and heart go their own way -centered on money or pleasure or ambition - and hoping, in spite of this, to behave honestly and chastely and humbly. And that is exactly what Christ warned us you could not do. As he said, a thistle cannot produve figs. If I am a field that contains nothing but grass-seed, I cannot produce wheat...If I want to produce wheat, the change must go deeper than the surface. I must be ploughed up and re-sown. (from the chapter "Is Christianity Hard or Easy?")

I know that many times I like to think that my good actions are who I am, but I know deep inside I'd rather be watching television than doing service in my community. Therefore, I know it will be hard to give myself to Christ, but as he changes me from the inside, my outward actions will reflect his life in mine. What a glorious, difficult task.