Over the past year, my kids have essentially two sets of clothes.  The uniforms they wear for school.  And the clothes they wear every other day.  Their standard clothes on the weekend are Chubbies shorts and a Volcom shirt for Foster and a Chiefs jersey for Keating.  

I love chubbies shorts, I love Volcom shirts, I love the Chiefs…but if I had to choose the only thing for my kids to wear…it wouldn’t be that…or at least not everyday.  

We all have gone through some sort of journey where our parents or grandparents or someone else guided us and taught us…then at some point, we took on those responsibilities for ourselves.  We started to make our own decisions and choices.  

When I used to dress my kids and didn’t let them decide, they wore the coolest clothes…alas, they now decide.  I have given them their own ability to choose clothes.  

All of us go through a journey to launch, and it is leading up to our independence, we are being coached or led until we get there.  As followers of Jesus, we believe that our coaching or leading that is done in the faith never actually ends.  We should always turn to our God and King to help us make wise decisions.  

The struggle is many of us think we know best…and we don’t want to consult from anyone else, especially an ancient book or divine creator.