He would say to Wendy, “Your father loves you. He is imperfect, and he has done many wrong things.” He would say: “His love is greater than his faults.” He would say: “Love is not attached to our human foibles because if we are truly loving, it comes from God. Love withstands our sins; love is higher than all the … crud we might inflict on those we love. Your father needs to beg forgiveness for his sins to you and to the Lord. But that is a separate thing from the fact that he loves you. And he will always love you. That is how love works.” He repeated variations of this a lot.
