On Why and How we follow our Father (the post I started Monday...)

I'm married to a man w/ endless illustrating ideas. One day he illustrated WHY we follow Jesus- Holding Crunch candy bars, he told the children to groan and grunt before they may have any. They thot this was strange but finally even Jennifer obliged in order to get the coveted chocolate! Once the chocolate was all he asked them to groan and grunt some more. Jasmine did it but Jennifer? No way! Then he explained that often we're like that with Jesus. As long as there's "chocolate" (personal gain) involved, we'll do it (dress different from others, stand up for truth, etc). But take the "chocolate" away and do it just because we love him and He asked us to? No way! This connects to his illustration on HOW we follow. As parents what pleases us is children who do what they know we would want because they love us, not just because we have a list of rules. However, them saying "I love you" then doing things we wouldnt approve of doesn't cut it either! Perfect picture of what our Heavenly Father desires from us!