What happens when so starry-eyed in love that we don’t really care what we do as long as the other person is happy? When we don’t voice our own feelings or needs? When this silence about our desires turns into a habit that lasts weeks, months, years? When we congratulate ourselves on how “selfless” we’re being all whilst ignoring that niggling feeling of resentment bubbling away beneath the surface? How might that impact our relationships over time? And more importantly… how might we be blind to it? My friend Thornton, the host of his own C.S. Lewis podcast, joined me to share how Screwtape’s 26th letter really opened his eyes and helped him improve his marriage in incredible ways…
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Thornton’s podcast: Mere C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
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