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By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
A man who is invested takes the time to get to know you well, and his gifts will be a testament to his expert grasp of your likes and dislikes.
A man is not scared of playing, of having any contact, and you won't shut him down if you kick him - he will just ask for the ball all the time.
The #NeverTrump crowd is running out of steam - and time. All of its attacks - that he's as liberal as Hillary Clinton, anti-immigrant, or a con man who will say anything to be elected - have failed.
Apart from the most obvious cases, like the Oriental Bittersweet vine, escaped from private gardens and smothering the mountains one acre at a time, the most painful proof of man's destruction is not what you can see right in front of you; it's what you will never see again.
Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which often He does not, His motivation and purposes are beyond the reach of mortal man. What this means in practical terms is that many of our questions - especially those that begin with the word 'why' - will have to remain unanswered for the time being.