"Who was the playground bully at your school?"

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I guess every school has one. It can be a boy or a girl. It’s usually a child who’s failed a grade. Or, maybe a kid who just grew faster than everyone else. Regardless, this child decides it’s his job to rule over the kingdom of the playground. He makes his own rules, daring anyone to defy his authority and enforcing it whenever possible, using whatever means necessary—threats backed up by punches. He’s the playground bully.

Who was the playground bully at your school? And when did you fall prey to one of his tirades? Or, did you?
Maybe you did your best to be a compliant subject in the playground kingdom.

Do you think of God as a playground bully? Bigger than you and forcing you to do what’s required? Threatening you to comply with divine demands and punishing you if you don’t?

God’s really not like that at all. God speaks to your spirit gently and deeply, and lets you choose how to do what you do and when. So listen to life today not out of fear, but in faith so you can make a life, not just a living.

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