"Ours must not be the love which asks 'how little?' but 'how much?'We must look upon the world, with all its delights and all its attractions,
with suspicion and reserve.
We are called to a higher Kingdom,
we are touched with a diviner Spirit.
It is not that He forbids us this or that comfort of indulgence;
it is not that He is stern, demanding us to follow a narrow path.
But we who love our Lord and whose affections are set on Heavenly things
voluntarily and gladly lay aside the things that charm and ravish the world,
that, for our part, our hearts may be
ravished with the things of Heaven
that our whole being may be poured forth in
constant and unreserved devotion
in the service of the Lord who died to save us."
-Amy Carmichael
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