#51. Obedience is More Fun

<p>We don't have to trick kids into obedience. And we mustn't neglect climbing trees.</p> <p>A life of obedience isn’t a legalistic life. Obedience training is not a constant drill of facts and instruction. It isn’t micromanagement, explicitly teaching every virtue and moral lesson by rote. It’s not that we make obedience fun, like a cheap gimmick to bribe our children into doing what they ought. Obedience is not a bitter pill crushed in a spoonful of honey, or a zucchini blended into a chocolate cake. When we’re pursuing obedience on God’s terms, things <em>are</em> more fun and more interesting, because obedience makes people and things more truly themselves. It gives true freedom and deep pleasure.</p>