C.S. Lewis: What the Father values in our gifts

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“All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention.”

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) in Christian Reflections reading “On Church Music” (1949) 99.

Man looks at the size and amount of our gifts, and God looks at our hearts. May this truth inspire each of us be found with childlike hearts full of love, complete trust, and humble gratitude.