Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.
On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.