It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its more subtle expressions like responsibility and expectation, is a vain attempt to create certainly out of uncertainty. And contrary to what you might think, I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse. William Paul Young
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I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse. When we follow rules, we're bound to be judged and this judgment is a heavy burden that takes a toll on our soul. We're not free because we're bound by rules, but because we abandon the rules that bind us. Freedom is not given, it is taken.

Source: The Shack

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