January 7, 2009

Loving "too much"?

It is probably impossible to love any human being simply "too much." We may love him too much in proportion to our love for God; but it is the smallness of our love for God, not the greatness of our love for the man, that constitutes the inordinancy. ~ C.S. Lewis in The Four Loves

This is such truth. I've long known I cannot love people correctly without God's love pouring through me. Moreover, the more I love God, the more I am able to extend love to others. Lewis is not saying anything I have not realized and experienced, but he puts the matter in such admirable perspective. Praise God for gifting people such as Lewis.

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