For a long time I had a reason why the table was not bigger. The house was not ready. The timing was not right. I was in a season of being intentional about who I let in. I called it wisdom. I called it discernment. I believed it, mostly. Then one morning sitting with the Holy Spirit something became clear — I was not being discerning. I was being guarded. And there is a real difference between those two things. One is led by the Spirit. The other is led by self-protection dr