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 abominablyand does not seem to make any 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 being made into a
decent little cottage: but He is building a palace.”
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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I was at ease, but He hath broken me asunder.
Job 16:12a