A Christian Reflection

I just finished reading “A Great Divorce” by C.S. Lewis for something like the 3rd or 4th time. Everytime I get something more out of it. In many ways it is a simple book, but there is something profound at the base. I think that it’s a book with an incredible insight in to human nature. I really am chalanged by the idea that even love when taken too far becomes a disgusting thing; and that this distorted love is much worse that a simple “obvious” sin like lust. Living as a Christian with this knowledge i think greatly affects my daily life, for I am in away less concerned with these small sins, and focused on my heart, what my deepest disires are for. I try to work from the inside out, carefully crafting my love, and in many ways I think that the lesser sins become so small and meaningless that I can easily brush them aside.
So much of my life I’ve spent trying to purge myself of these meaningless things, forgetting that there is something much more important like learning how to love other humans, learning how to care. At the same time i don’t want to say that my actions, as small as they are, have no meaning. I think that the issue comes down to perspective. Without focussing on learning to love properly, I easily can get distracted by the peripheral sins, and how I can fix them.
I can see many dangerous theological roads this could lead to, but I think it might be like being a Christian. Step lightly and do not run away with the ideas, for they are woven together by the same thread.