Trying to be Good - C S Lewis

 

                                    Trying to be Good  -  Thoughts from C S Lewis

A Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good.

They hope, by being good, to please God, if there is one, or -- if there is not -- at least they hope to deserve approval from good men.

But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him.

He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us, just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it.