If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.
An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.
Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.
God left so many fingerprints at the scene of creation that you wonder — does He want to be found, or does He want to be stopped?
There is no such thing as a list of reasons. There is either one sufficient reason or a list of excuses.