#45c. Ideas That Hinder Obedience: The Threat to Grace

Like me, were you ever the person at school who hated every subject you weren’t intuitively good at? The need to save face meant avoiding the areas where one’s incompetence could be exposed. Which meant it took me decades to realise there is more to enjoying something than being the best at it. It’s possible to learn to do new things. There’s much pleasure, when we’re willing to be seen for the duffers we are, while we fumble around learning something new.

It’s natural to dislike the word ‘obedience’, after all, none of us are very good at it...