Gordon Carroll

“mouths. God could easily make there be no chance of sin, of anyone ever doing anything bad or harmful ever. But to do that, He would have had to make us without free will. To not have the ability to truly love and care and feel love in return. And that’s not what He wants. That’s not why He made us. He made us to have an eternal relationship with Him, with the real, true ability to share and interact with Him because we want to. Because we see that His way is”
― Gordon Carroll, Feral Instinct

“think that’s why God made us. So that He could pour out all His love on us. So He could share what He is with us. He could have created dolls and saved Himself and us a lot of heartache and pain. But if He had, both He and we would have missed out on something that is worth all the risk, all the pain, all the hurt. We would not be able to experience love, either by receiving it or giving it. So, for there to be real, true love, God had to give us free choice. The ability to choose to love: ourselves, each other, even Him. Or to not love. And when people choose not to love, we hurt each other.”
― Gordon Carroll, Sheepdogs: Keeping the Wolves at Bay