A Norvell Note for March 21, 2022
Vol. 26 No. 12
There Is No Law
Growing up with two brothers and a sister, we occasionally got on each other’s nerves when one of us would do something that annoyed the others. When a request (demand) to “Stop it!” A typical response would be. “Can’t make me! Ain’t no law against it!” The argument rarely ended there.
Similar, but not so childish, arguments continue today.
“Can’t make me wear a mask! Ain’t no law against it” “Can’t stop me from wearing a mask. Ain’t no law against it!”
“Can’t make me go to church. I can worship at home. Ain’t no law against it!”
“Can’t make me act nice. I can be unkind if I want to. Ain’t no law against it!”
“Can’t stop me from attacking Ukraine. I’m a dictator. Ain’t no law against it!”
Arguments about what’s is against the law will continue, but I was thrilled when I learned there is a list of actions against which there is no law.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)
There is no law against love. You can love as much as you want and no stop you.
There is no law against joy. You can be as joyful as you like. There is no law against it.
You can be as peaceful and spread peace wherever you go. No one can stop you.
There ain’t no law against patience. You can be as patient as you want.
Go ahead, be kind. We need more kindness. Live it up. Go crazy with kindness.
Be good. Demonstrate goodness. Spread goodness everywhere you go.
Be faithful. There is no limit to your faithfulness to God and people
Gentleness has no restriction. Be gentle. Please be gentle. We need as much gentleness as we can get.
Don’t let anyone tell you not to practice self-control. Self-control is up to you. Only you can control your self-control.
Feel free to practice any of these spiritual gifts as much as possible. However, if someone tells you to stop, tell them with gentleness and kindness, “You can’t make me. There ain’t no law against it.”
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