When I ask Couper to do something he has two answers. He either says “uh-huh,” which means yes, or a simple “no!”

And here is what I noticed today. Nothing pleases me more than when Couper says “uh-huh.” When I ask him to do something and he answers yes that means he is making an intentional choice to obey. Whether he follows through perfectly or not isn’t as important as the simple, intentional “yes.”

But when he says “No!” I get hacked. Nothing DIS-pleases me more than his intentional “no!”

If he says yes but messes up at least I know his heart was right…that he was doing his best. But when he just blatantly says “no!” and dis-obeys me, it hurts. It crushes me because I have poured my life into him.

Today when Couper said yes as I asked him to carry something for me, I felt like God was saying, “Zak, that feeling you have right now is the same feeling I get when you choose to obey me, even if you do mess up along the way.”

The scary part is thinking how crushed God must be when I intentionally choose to dis-obey Him. And knowing how upset I get when Couper says no to me…well…its freaky to think what my disobedience does to God. Especially seeing as how He sent his only Son to die for me.