In today's psalm we sing, "Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord."

Few of us love the law. In a country that sometimes views government with hostility and authority with suspicion, our reflexive stance toward rules is to shred first, reconsider later.

Don’t drink the last root beer in the fridge. That was the cardinal rule in our house.

Years back, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd interviewed former President Jimmy Carter during a book tour. Dowd wrote about Carter's notorious confession in a Playboy magazine interview in 1976.

God gives us the freedom to choose between good and evil, life and death.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.