Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Diary of an Old Soul

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"O Christ, my life, possess me utterly.
Take me and make a little Christ of me.
If I am anything but thy father's son,
'Tis something not yet from the darkness won.
Oh, give me light to live with open eyes.
Oh, give me life to hope above all skies."
George Macdonald (1824-1905)

2 comments:

Athos said...

I finished reading Macdonald's The Princess and Curdie to my 10-year old a few weeks ago. A great soul, and I suspect a crypto-Catholic (but that might be my wishful thinkin').

D'artagnan said...

I have little doubt that MacDonald is up there praying next to Lewis, that their Protestant family down here won't wait until death to experience the real presence of Christ.

Anyhow, since Ms. Eden is here, looks like it's time to host a cook-out (O: