"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal... lock it up safe in the coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket... it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable... The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."
- C.S. Lewis
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C.S. Lewis is so right on. Hell is total separation from God, and since God is Love, it is also total separation from Love. Our self-protection from a broken heart, only leads us to a hardened heart, unable to even receive the wonderful love, that is constantly extending towards us by God and others. Oh Lord, soften our hearts! And if they get broken, then Oh Lord, heal our hearts to love again.
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ReplyDeleteYour comment above is so full of wisdom and truth and just what I needed to hear today. I made it into a quote for one of my email signatures with a link to your blog! God bless you more and more as you walk with Him :D