The oldest lie

It's been a long day, between bug fixing, Thai-food-eating, Spiderman 3 and a few drinks over at Tyler's. I think I'm off caffeine now, the headaches have passed; hopefully I'll be able to keep it up for a while.

It's an interesting feeling to realize you relate to the parts of a movie where the main character gets screwed over and not to the parts where things are made right. Granted, it's blunted completely by a proper understanding of the providence of God. Still, it's a strange sensation.

"The best things in life are either illegal, immoral, or fattening" is something I saw recently in someone's facebook quotes. It's perhaps the biggest lie that our native depravity tries to pull-- "God is out to ruin your fun." If it's forbidden, then it's what you _really_ need. It's a lie that's been around since the beginning of the world; it's almost a literal translation of Satan's temptation back in the garden of Eden. "God knows that the day you take what he's forbidden, you'll be like Him." In fact, nothing could be further from the truth; everything He's commanded was so ordered because it contributes to our happiness. It's nothing more than folly and arrogance on our part to assume that we know better, that we could find any lasting happiness to speak of outside of His wise will.