God has a profound reverence for our freedom. Because of this regard, God will not send an angel with a flaming sword to stand before us to turn us away from our chosen path. I often say that God would rather we go freely to hell than that we be compelled to enter heaven. Even if God does send messengers to challenge us, it is still possible that we will overrun them in our determination to achieve our evil ends. Yet even at that moment, the moment when we have bent our wills to evil, God is as close as our breath, loving us and willing us to turn aside, but God wills our change of heart in
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