Luther and Lewis

Tell me, was hers not a wondrous soul? She finds herself the Mother of God, exalted above all mortals, and still remains so simple and so calm that she does not think of any poor serving maid as beneath her... But Mary’s heart remains the same at all times; she lets God have His will with her and draws from it all only a good comfort and joy; and trust in God. This we too should do; that would be to sing a right Magnificat.—Martin Luther, Magnificat AE 21:309, 310.

Doctrines are not God. They are only a kind of map. But that map is based on the experience of hundreds of people who were really in touch with God—experiences compared with which any thrills or pious feelings you and I are likely to get on our own are very elementary and confusing.—C. S. Lewis, Business of Heaven, p. 227, 228.