“Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive. . .” C. S. Lewis.
“There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.” Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662).
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” Hebrews 11:1.
“Pride leads to every other vice: it is the completely anti-God state of mind. . . .Pride is essentially competitive. . . .Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever. . . .They are proud of being richer, or cleverer. . .” C. S. Lewis.
John would sit on his bed making up tunes and singing along. The noise of the guitar often got on Mimi’s nerves and she’d banish him to the front porch with the words that have since become immortal, “The guitar’s all very well, John, but you’ll never make a living out of it.” John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi with whom he lived most of his early life.
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