Doing Good
Yesterday at Sunday School, our class leader was killing time while our teacher was making some announcements in the worship service. The leader is a really entertaining guy, but also a great teacher (he teaches high school). He had us read Psalm 40 and I don't remember much about what he pointed out about it. But I do remember him asking, "How far do you think Satan wants you from God?" My immediately thought was that he wants us as far as possible. But, his answer surprised me. He held up his pointer finger and thumb like he was pinching a bug, and said, "Thiiis much." He maybe even wants us to feel like we are still close to Him, but we can add in a bit of our own self-sufficiency, comfort, whatever in case He doesn't come through for us. Wow. That one really hit home for me. So, last night as I was going to bed I almost reached for my phone to flip through Facebook or Instagram and I thought, "Nope, tonight I'm going to read Morning a...