Always in line, never in love..

"I'm always in line, but I'm never in love.." - Thrive, Switchfoot

For me, I'm very good at following rules. I'm the obedient Asian kid who always does what she's told. When I was little, if I ever did get in trouble, I'd cry in a heartbeat. Respecting and listening to authority is relatively second nature for me.

This is both good and bad.

Praise God that this trait has kept me out of big trouble: no run-ins with the law, no major problems with parents, no super sour relationships..

But, it also makes it much easier to be task-oriented instead of people-oriented, and very surgical about things. Also, the risk of being judgmental of people who don't live by the book like you do.

It's not that I blindly follow; it's just that generally the rules I've been told to follow make sense to me and I have little desire to rebel.

But do I always have love in my actions? I hope more often than not.

"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing." - 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Obedience is great, but you cannot lose the love in it - then, chances are you'll eventually lose the obedience too. (If we can help it, we never stick doing something we don't like for long, do we?)

God wants our heart more than empty deeds.

He didn't make us robots; He made us human with the capacity for love and choice.

Let's choose to have love in everything we do <3


K