Unfolding Soul Prints

Now that my children are all grown up, I find that I'm missing a lot of the things we use to do together. I miss art projects, camp-outs, a house full of silly girls playing truth or dare and making some wacky video. I also miss watching all the cartoon movies we'd watch together: Robin Hood, The Little Mermaid and Winnie the Pooh. So, guess what I did yesterday . . . I sat down and watched Piglet's Big Movie! It was wonderful. I had forgotten how much I missed the hundred acre wood. Why am I sharing all this? Well I was reading the first chapter of I Timothy, and there were several verses that talked about a "good conscience", and I started thinking about Pinnochio and Jimmeny Cricket. I wonder how much my conscience influences me compared to how much I influence my conscience. I know from experience that I can out run it, and just like my remote control, I know exactly how to mute it. The writer of I timothy says divine training should instruct us to love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith. Chapter one ends by saying . . . Fight the good fight, having faith and a good conscience and tells us of the danger of rejecting conscience. Little cricket I'm listening!