C. S. Lewis on Loving Our Earthly Dearest

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C. S. Lewis on Loving Our Earthly Dearest

When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. Insofar as I learn to love my earthly dearest at the expense of God and instead of God, I shall be moving towards the state in which ...

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