Life At The Well

I have seen Mark Twain credited for these words: "God's mistake was in not forbidding Adam to eat the serpent." Why is it that what is "forbidden" is so desirous? For if God had restricted Adam from eating serpents ... my money is that today we'd be talking about why Adam and Eve couldn't resist fried rattlesnake. Which leads me to my point: one of the great measuring sticks of maturity is resisting the temptation of the forbidden. No longer 'delighting' in what should not be. It occurred to me in conversation this morning that a particular fruit that often has tempted me .... no longer does. I though that was cool ... and gave me another good reason to sing praises today. I'm learning that a vital part of the story unfolding in my faith community is the telling of small victories over the default settings .. the natural .. that is within each of us. And pointing out to people that outgrowing the forbidden is a work of God's grace, seems to me to be a dynamic component to living missionally. Very cool ...

Peace.