Just when you thought there was nothing new...

I had been thinking about closing out this blog.

But then while working on something totally unrelated, I got this:

    Love is a partner with respect. Love & Respect. If something sort of feels like love but fails to meet the "Doth not behave itself unseemly" qualifier of 1 Corinthians 13:5, then it is hankering or enchantment, but not biblical love. Adulation with no foundation for fidelity. 

KaiteLyn did that to herself. Yes, Gwen was pushing her. But she chose to listen to her mom's voice over and above any of the three voices that ought to have been more important to a bride: 
Over and above her own voice. 
Over and above the groom's voice.
Over and above the Lord's voice.

When she ran back home in the middle of the night, she trampled on love and respect. 


The Lesson
No matter how much Katie tries to convince herself that she "did the right thing," no matter how angry she gets at the suggestion that she did not do the right thing, the facts remain: 

She was disrespectful and she trampled Love.  That was foolish.

That does not mean she cannot be forgiven, but it does mean that she was too proud to admit the truth. And God is unlikely to send her a second chance when she is in unrepentant rebellion.