Holy Spirit help me respect your boundaries ...

 
Genesis 3:1-24

 
Walking the bike path in winter weather, it is important to stay on the trail.  Two steps off, and I sink into snow up to my knees. The boundaries God gives human kind – to not be mesmerized by the knowledge of good and evil, but to adhere to the guidelines God has given us to live in this world that he created – are for our own good. With just a flick of a wrist to take something that is not to be mine, a  carelessly spoken word spewing darkness,  or the slight  turn of foot away from a path of perfection, I can veer off course and end up, like Adam and Eve, hiding from God and struggling to figure out who I am and what my life is about. Will I be content with staying on the path of righteousness, or will I follow my own inclination to step away from God’s way, and spend the rest of my journey slogging through the mire of self-righteous sin and uncertainty?  Holy Spirit of God, help me respect your boundaries, and stay on the path of life.
 
So teach us to count our days that we might gain a wise heart.   (Psalm 90:12)
                             
Be content to be obedient, which is never a small thing for a soul which has chosen God for its portion.
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina 
Soli ad gloriam
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