"Take me seriously! Treat me like an adult, not a child!" is the cry of every teenager. God honours that request. He makes me a partner for his work in and through me. He grants me freedom in full knowledge that I will abuse it. He abdicates power to such an extent that he pleads with me not to "grieve" or "quench" his Spirit. God does all this because he wants a mature lover as a partner, not a puppy-love adolescent.

- 'Reaching for the Invisible God', Chapter 14: Out of Control, by Philip Yancey