In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Sometimes it feels as though everyone is trying to take the fun out of life. That new sports car will do 0-60 in four seconds and top out at 120mph, but the state trooper is strategically stationed to make sure you get nowhere near that on the road. Desserts taste so much better with fresh cream, but the government says everything must be pasteurized and homogenized and sterilized and blasted beyond recognition, in the name of food safety. You savor the taste of sausages and rich soups and luscious desserts, but the doctor says that you have to cut back, cut out, cut down.
Sometimes it feels as though the Lord is trying to take away all your fun, too. You can't swear, can't sleep in on Sundays, can't join in the wild parties, can't do all kinds of stuff that looks like so much fun, at least on TV and online. The Lord does not allow you to say whatever you want to whomever you want. The Lord says you cannot keep all of your hard-earned money and possessions all to yourself. The Lord says that you have to respect the government and follow the laws of the land. The Lord says that you cannot believe whatever you want or worship whatever or whomever your heart desires. No man or woman, no bottle, no car, no child, no job is supposed to take the Lord's place in your heart. Kinda makes the Lord God sound like a big party-pooper. After all, why did God make all this fun stuff and tell us not to use it?
