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Obedience Does Not Mean Agreement

Today I had to deal with a situation with a student who became disruptive and disrespectful in my class.  The situation took place towards the end of the day last Friday and so there really wasn't a lot of time to deal with it then.  I thought about it over the weekend; how I was going to approach it, what the Lord had revealed to me and what the outcome should be.  In seeking the Lord, he took me back to a time when my husband and I was receiving parenting counseling.  In that counseling session, we learned how; obedience does not mean agreement. You see, it's easy for us to obey a request or a command.  But it doesn't necessarily mean, you are in agreement with it.  For us to get to a place of agreement, we first have to get to a place of acknowledgement and acceptance.  It's kinda like entering  rehab or starting a rehabilitation program of some type.  You first have to acknowledge that you have a problem or there is a problem and then accept your behavior, choices