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I RECENTLY GOT A SUNDAY SCHOOL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. I AM SUPPOSE TO WRITE A TWO PAGE ESSAY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRAISE AND OBEDIENCE. AFTER SOME WELL DESERVED PONDERING I CAME UP WITH TWO INCREDIBLE, BUT YET BAFFLING CONCLUSIONS. CONCLUSION 1: MOST PEOPLE PRAISE GOD BACAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY GOD. IN ORDER TO PRAISE GOD, YOU HAVE TO BE BLESSED AND IN ORDER TO BE BLESSED YOU HAVE TO BE OBEDIENT TO GOD, HIS WORD AND HIS LAW. CONCLUSION 2: I BELIEVE THAT THE MEANING OF HOMOSAPIAN LIFE IS TO SERVE, GLORIFY, WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD. THEREFORE BY DOING SO YOU ARE BEING ODEDIENT TO GOD, THUS, RESULTING IN A BLESSING FROM GOD WHICH IN CONCLUSION GIVES YOU A REASON TO PRAISE. THE CONCLUSIONS THAT I HAVE LISTED, IN FACT, MAYBE TRUE RIGHT? NOT RIGHT. BECAUSE IF THAT WERE THE CASE THE WORLD SHOULD PRAISE GOD CONSTANTLY BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE BORN, WE ARE BORN WITH A BLESSING. A BLESSING CALLED LIFE. SO THE CONCLUSIONS CAN'T ENTIRELY BE TRUE, SINCE BABIES, WHEN FIRST BORN HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF OBEDIENCE, PRAISE NOR BLESSING. I LOVE THIS ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE ITS ALLOWING ME TO GO DEEPER INTO MY MIND AND SEARCH MY SOUL FOR THE ANSWERS THAT I NEED. IT ALSO ALLOWS ME TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE GAINED OF MY HEAVENLY FATHER AND HIS DIVINE WORD. AFTER ENOUGH THOUGHT I FEEL THAT WE ARE OBEDIENT, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE TASKS WE PERFORM. FOR EXAMPLE: A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMEBER OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU ARE DOWN AND SAD, YOU LEND A WILLING EAR TO LISTEN TO THEIR PROBLEM AND SEARCH FOR A SOLUTION TO IT. YOU ARE, INDEED, BEING OBEDIENT TO GODS WORD, BECAUSE ITS IN THE COMMANDMENT THA YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER. YOU SEE LOVE GOES BEYOND PASSION, SEX, LUST AND PHYSICAL ATTRACTION. ITS THE ART OF COMPASSION, KINDNESS AND YOUR WARM, CARING HEART THAT ALLOWS AN INDIVIDUAL TO LOVE, AND TO SHOW LOVE. THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT I WAS ASKED FOR MY SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT, MAY INCREASE AS I SEARCH AND PONDER UPON THE THOUGHT, SO, WHEN I FIND THE CORRECT ANSWER I WILL BE SURE LET YOU KNOW OF THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE GAINED