Not a puppet master

"If we are truly meant to have a free capacity to choose for or against God, if that is really the perfection of God's creative love for us, then the choices we make must be responses to invitations, not to coercions, manipulations, or orders.

God, in love, protects our freedom by calling to us, not demanding of us. God's invitations may be dramatic and strong, or still and small, but anything more than invitation will not protect our freedom and potential for love.
God will not be a puppet master over humanity."
- Gerald May, p 116, Addiction and Grace

Photo: Angel's Landing trail, Zion National Park