The Reasoning
I'm not out to get you. I'm not here to make you miserable. I'm not here to make you feel oppressed, or small, and I don't look for ways to take the wind from your sails. I make roughly 8,000 decisions a day, give or take, and I only let you in on maybe 4 or 5 of them. From the time I wake up to the time I fall asleep (and sometimes even while I sleep) I am weighing options and considering every angle and praying for wisdom. I have never, ever thought to myself, "which option will tick you off the most?" and picked it, not once. And I never will. I think about the time of day, what you've had to eat, how much sleep you've had, how many minutes you've spent in front of a screen, how many words on a page you've read, if you've been outside enough, if you've been outside too much, your helpfulness, your honesty, your interests, your influences, your influence , your heart. I think about who I know you to be, and who God is gro...