None of us has ever seen a motive. Therefore, we don't know we can't do anything more than suspect what inspires the action of another. For this good and valid reason, we're told not to judge. Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.

The Wisdom of Tenderness: What happens when God's firece mercy transforms our lives (ed. Zondervan, 2010) - ISBN: 9780062032270