Today in church I was told about a cartoon of one of my favorite characters “Dennis the Menace”.  In the panel Dennis and his Mom were leaving church and greeting the pastor at the front door.  Dennis asked the Pastor, “Are you sure Moses only had 10 Commandments?”  The pastor replied, “Yes”.  Then Dennis replied, “So why then does my Mom need 100 rules for me?”

Dennis appropriately noticed that human beings were not able to behave as God wants us to with the 10 Commandments and so other laws have been developed.  Even though Dennis represents children, Dennis in this comic strip is also representing adults because adults also have demonstrated the need to have more than 10 Commandments to guide our behavior.

So my challenge today is to be as astute as Dennis when it comes to monitoring my behavior.  I know I will mess up, that is what human beings do.  But I know when I mess up, I can ask God to forgive me, and I know that God will.  That is the good news by which we are all saved!