Where it all began

He checked you out when you were still a blob of doubling-every-few-hours cells, and He loved you. And later, before you could even form a coherent thought—before you’d done anything more praiseworthy than spit up and sleep—God still loved you. Just as He loves you today.— The Truest Thing about You, chapter 6

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It certainly isn't performance based, is it? : )
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