Thank you, Mr. Soon for speaking and sharing with the LifeSpring family. You always serve the family in so many ways, it was an honor to be able to hear your heart and how the Lord is working in your own life. As Mr. Soon was speaking, I just felt the Lord say, “This is my son.” To be a good father, one must learn to be a son, and Mr. Soon is a good father.
As Mr. Soon was speaking about the 10 Commandments and how each one was a guide for living a fruitful life, I was reminded of my own journey with the 10 Commandments. As a boy, being given a list of things to not do seemed like a restrictive law that was intended to control me. It seemed like it was there to limit my life and take away my freedoms and the life I wanted to live. As I have grown and even become a father, I’ve realized that laws (guidelines) are in no way meant to restrict, but rather to point us in the right direction so we can live life to the fullest; so we can live a fruitful life.
One Sunday morning, Hope was being Hope. She was doing leg kicks and cartwheels when suddenly, I heard a shriek from Mercy. Mercy had got kicked in the face from Hope’s cartwheel and was crying and pressing her hand against her mouth, which was bleeding. As I ran out to check on Mercy, Hope immediately exclaimed, “Mercy was not watching where she was going and ran into my foot!” She followed up with, “Eww Mercy, your saliva got on my foot.” Needless to say, Hope got in trouble. She was not in trouble because she kicked Mercy (that was an accident), but she got in trouble because of her response and reaction.
Hope did not respond with care, empathy, remorse, and love; she responded with blame and attitude. I gave Hope the 10 Commandments of how to respond! She did not like getting disciplined, she was in tears and angry, but soon she calmed down, apologized properly, and shared that she should have been kind instead of mean.
The 10 Commandments may cause us to shudder or want to run away, but the 10 Commandments guide us to live a life aligned with the King, a life fruitful for the King.
If you were like me and don’t know the 10 Commandments (or know some, but not all), I leave you with this challenge: make every effort to memorize the 10 Commandments. There are 10 Commandments from the WORD of GOD and there are 10 numbers in your telephone number. You probably have 1 memorized and 1 not memorized. Make every effort to memorize the 10 Commandments, because it is guidance for life, more important than the 10 numbers on how to reach you.
1. No other gods
2. No idols
3. Do not use the Lord’s name in vain
4. Keep the Sabbath
5. Honour your father and mother
6. No murder
7. No adultery
8. Do not steal
9. Do not lie
10. Do not covet