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Friday, January 12, 2024

Lewis: the motive of creation

Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689
Meditation:
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
—Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

Quotation:
God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.
... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), The Four Loves, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1960, p. 140 (see the book)
See also Ps. 139:14; Gen. 1:26-28; Job 41:10-11; Ps. 90:2; John 5:26; Acts 17: 24-25; 1 John 4:10; Rev. 4:11

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, Your Spirit is perfecting each of Your people.
 
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