You are God's house.

Here is the quote that stuck out to me the most.

I do not know where it is in the book, I just had it written down in my journal.

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild 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 abominably and 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. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” 
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

This is by far the best description I've heard on how God works in our life. The quote in itself is easy to understand. However, the personal application can dive deeper then others imagine.

How this quote touched me is simple, but also very complex. By house was just like the quote describes. I had a leaking shower head, a falling roof, a half broken wall, shattered windows, peeling paint, and a moldy floor. From the outside this house looked like it is in peak condition. But one trip inside will reveal that the house was literally falling apart. To bad I had locked the doors and only let a select few see then inside of the house. So I asked God to rebuild my house. I wanted him to fix me just like he fixed other that I had seen. What I didn't expect is the extent that he would go in order to fix my life.

C.S Lewis describes it as, "knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably." This statement is 100% true. When God started to extensively fix me it hurt a lot. He didn't just add on to what was there. In my story he torn down the whole house. God completely levels it so that there is only one pillar standing in the very middle of the open plot. This one pillar starts to turn black, with hatred. But as God starts to lay the foundation I was able to recognize what he was doing. He was not only rebuilding the house into something much more grand, but he was using this one pillar as the main supporting part. What used to be a side pillar I had hidden away in my old house, has now become the foundation for the new house he is building.

This is why this quote/ analogy is the most important for me. For what used to be just a, "decent little cottage" is now becoming a castle. One that when completed will be fit for him to live in.