“OH GOD! NOW I AM FOUND OUT! BY A PSYCHOLOGIST WITH NO DEGREE WHO HAS NEVER MET ME!!!! OHHHHH, the humanity!”
Hmmmmm, good, vigorous self-defense by humorous deflection. Now we’re getting somewhere... tell me more ...
“So what’s it to ya either way, Sparky?”
Well, it’s just that there really are people, some of them very close to me, who come under that same dark cloud from time to time, and I like to try and help them see God in a better light than that. It usually cheers them up. I’m just trying to give to them what God has given to me. Over my life I’ve given God plenty of really good reasons to hate me, yet he continues to come through for me when I need him most. I genuinely love him for that. That’s all there is in it for me. Honest.
Okay, well, thanks, but if you are serious, you ought know I’m not. That will help you direct your efforts to people who might actually need it.