I tend to want things to be simple. I want something to be good, or bad. I don't like gray, and I don't like things to be open for interpretation. I prefer things to be set in stone, done and done, no questions asked.
But... life isn't like that. Life is full of middle ground. And, even though there is right, and there is wrong, there are a lot of things that aren't mentioned in the Bible as being specifically one or the other. And the process of deciding what is appropriate, and what is questionable, is sometimes not the easiest thing. Wouldn't it be great if our Bibles had magic 8 balls in them, somehow, where we could just ask specific questions? That would be great.
Thing is, there is a way to know. Open communication with the Lord, and patience as we await His reply. He'll tell us, we just have to be willing to lay aside our silly whims and opinionated thoughts and trust Him to make it plain.
Oh, but it would be so much easier if He had specific rules for all this stuff. I love that we're under grace, but those under-law people? At least they knew what was what. They may have done a lot of stupid and wrong things, but they knew when it was wrong. Of course, then they would get stoned, or stricken with boils, or suffer a famine or something.
Free will is such a bother sometimes.
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