Ben was chatting to us this morning and was experimenting with one of his new words, 'consequences'.

Ben: I'm talking about consequences!

Dad: Do you know what consequences are?

Ben: Um . . .yes . . .

Dad: It's what happens afterwards.

Ben: Yes! Like when I'm naughty, I get a smack.

Dad: That's it.

Ben: But Daddy, remember, God uses bad for good!

(We have recently been looking at the story of Joseph and how men intended things to harm him, but God used the situation for good)

Classic - How do we get from talking about the consequences of our sinfulness to taking the pressure right off because God's in control?!

Epilogue:

My wife, being the insightful women that she is had this debrief.

Hayley: Isn't it interesting that Paul was astute enough to write about this attitude we see in our boy? 'Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means!' (Rom 6:1)

Keep on praying for our family that grace may increase without the sin bit coming first.