Remember knowing all there was to know?
Remember how dumb your parents were?
Remember them telling you not to do something?
Something you really, really wanted to do!
Something that wouldn't hurt anyone...
Not them.
Not you.
Not anyone.
At all.
A completely arbitrary and silly command.
"Don't do it unless I say you can!"
OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
A loophole!!!!!!
Remember trying to decide what constituted permission?
Sometimes you couldn't justify it.
Sometimes, stretching, you could.
Sometimes, there were consequences.
Sometimes there weren't.
That you knew of.........
Being an obedient child is no easier as an adult.
The only difference is in the knowing.
Not suspecting, knowing.
Not realizing "probably", knowing.
Knowing that God knows best.
Obedience.
Faith.
Trust.
HAND IN HAND
I really want to send an email.
But I won't.
Because it's not permission,
it's "I really want to."
Yup, even as an adult, obedience is hard.
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