" Earlier you told me that on the day after nine-eleven, you began to believe in God, not only in His existence, but also in His compassion, in His power, and in His complexity. But you left out one very important aspect of God – His grace. I don’t think you hate God at all. I think you feel anger and guilt. God isn’t making you live through all this guilt and pain. That’s something people choose for themselves. I’ve learned that most of the pain in life is self inflicted. I used to blame God for all of that, but one day, I don’t remember exactly when, I realized and admitted that it was mostly my fault. I was where I was because of the choices I’d made, the words I’d spoken, and the things I’d done. I was sick, and I was hurting, and I needed God to heal my wounds. "

― Skip Coryell , We Hold These Truths