Warning signs and advice aren’t offered because someone is trying to be a killjoy.

Rules and directions aren’t given because someone is trying to restrict your freedom.

Boundaries are set for our safety.

Barriers are placed to protect others from recklessness.

Sometimes on rare occasions, there may be a person or organization that has become power hungry and feeds on the controlling of someone else.

But those tendencies can be easily observed through reputation, rapport, and the consistency of the restrictions.

But for the most part, when you see an attention getter, a show stopper, or a poised hand making you stop, there’s a rhyme for that reason.

And the reason could very well save your life.

So next time, take a minute to breathe. Step back and assess the situation. And follow the signs to a greater liberty than you once knew.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know thetruth, and the truth shall make you free.”

John 8:32

My son, do not forget my law,
But let your heart keep my commands;
For length of days and long life
And peace they will add to you. Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart,
And so find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
It will be health to your flesh,
And strength to your bones.

Proverbs 3:1-8