After a long time, our landlord fixed our fireplace today. When Luke got home, he was excited to see it and came and asked when we could use it. Rather than telling him that I thought we’d try it out tonight, I asked him when he wanted to use it. He thought for a minute, asked me why I was asking him, and then said he wanted to use it tonight. My point, of course, in giving him “the choice” was that I was pretty certain he would say tonight and I thought he would like thinking that we would because he asked for it. In other words, I thought his happiness would be increased because he received his request.<\/p>\n
I wonder if God is ever like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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