The Great Adoption

Whenever I am tempted to sin, I remember that I was bought for a price. My life is no longer my own, I am not a free agent to do whatever I please anymore. You see, we are not "naturally" sons and daughters of God. We are currently stepchildren, adopted and plucked from our sinful lives by Him whose name is too wonderful for words. When you are accepted into a family, in this case the Family of God, you must abide by the rules of the House. Take heart, we will not always be stepchildren. Through the miracle and majesty of the Lord, one day we will be natural sons and daughters of God- but this will not happen for a while yet. That will be in another story, in a far greater land than we are living in now- one in which each chapter is better than the last, and the enemy called Time is finally put away in its cell forever.