My kindergarten teacher said, “If you don’t eat those mashed potatoes, you can’t go out for recess.” When her back was turned, I slid all that mush into my pockets. She didn’t know whom she was taking on, and I was just starting my course of stupid decisions. On the playground, with a smile on my face expressing victory, my hand was squishing those potatoes from my pockets.
She was my grandmother, and I never did tell her what I had done. Poor teacher was probably suffering from PTSD by that time.
Some areas of defiance are just not worth the price. Does the Bible address decisions? Glad you asked.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
Heb. 3:12
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
Today, I like mashed potatoes and would never put them in my pocket. Do you?
Give it some thought.
Gary