Obedience...It's a Must!
This evening I read an article about a former nun who left her religious community after 20 years of service. She left for many reasons that she states but it all comes down to disobedience. There have been many religious people who have left their communities because of a lack of obedience to their superiors. I read in that same article that no where in the scripture does it say that we must be obedient. Of course that is in error. There are many scripture passages that deal with obedience. "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you." - Hebrews 13-17 St. Paul tells the Hebrews that they must be obedient to those who have rule over them. The big point in this passage is "for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account". Powerful words about those who are to oversee...