Obedience

What should I write God?
I will write about obedience 
When God tell you not to do something 
Don’t do it
There is a reason behind it
You just don’t know it yet
But He will reveal it to you 
When God told me not to tell someone 
that a roommate I have now is supposed to stay
I was so tempted to tell to blurt out
But I caught myself
I may not know the reason right now 
But I will later 
I am sure of it
Got to tell you a story 
Also about roommate and 
Obedience 
I used to have this one roommate 
Who for some reasons couldn’t pay rent
Months after months 
She couldn’t pay 
So many times I was tempted to kick her out
That seems cruel I know
And God said “no”
Each time I was ready to say the words 
He said no
So I obeyed
And wouldn’t you know it
Her mom offered to pay me all the back rent that she owed
I think it was more than a year’s rent
So you see “obedience pays”
I was able to replace all the appliances 
in the house
And this was right after Covid
So everything was so cheap then
Now they would cost an arm and a leg lol
I still have the pictures of the money orders 
her mom sent me 
In increments 
As she sent me two at a time 
As a testimony of my obedience to God 
And that it pays
People at the time wouldn’t understand 
why I would do that
I didn’t understand it either 
But I obeyed
Sometimes you just don’t understand everything 
But you obey 
And that’s the main thing
I thought I’d share
Hope you get blessed
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