Why is it so easy to treat God, scripture and the commandments like they're nuisances, obstacles that seem to do nothing but take the fun out of life?
Is it because we sometimes see God as our enemy ... the grouchy old man in the clouds who likes nothing better than seeing us "acting holy" on the outside and feeling miserable on the inside?
That's it, right there: that's what happens when we love ourselves more than we love God the Father: we treat God as if his plan isn't doing much in our lives except getting in the way.
Yet God said that he loves us, and God would never lie.
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An enemy would never lift a finger to protect or save us. A real enemy would steer and guide us along the path to destruction; he'd lie to encourage us ("Come on, you know you want to") and then laugh at the catastrophes his lies had created.
