know if he could trust me again. I was very sorry and grieved also, as I
did want him to trust me.

My dear grandson, God is grieved when we let others influence us to do
wrong, even though it may seem right to them. They might present a
plausible thing, but if God said for us not to do it, we must not. We
must obey God. We are individually responsible to God to give an account
for our deeds. We can't tell God that others thought it was all right.
That will never excuse us.

We read of Saul, the king of Israel, who let the people persuade him to
keep the sheep, oxen, etc. of the wicked nation of the Amalakites, when
God had told him to completely destroy everything. The people said that
they should take the best and offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord.
This might have seemed plausible, but it was a direct disobedience to
the Lord's command. The Lord told Saul, "to obey is better than
sacrifice." Saul's punishment was great. Samuel, the prophet of the Lord
said, "thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath
rejected thee from being king over Israel." I Sam. 15:20-26.

God expects us to obey Him and when we do, we will have peace in our
souls. Disobedience will bring the disfavor of God upon our soul and it
will have to be punished.

Jesus has said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15. Love
for God will make us careful to keep His sayings and He will give us a
peace that the world cannot take away from us. We can't find soul peace
in the world. And after all, my dear grandson, we want to live so we can
live with our inner self. God created us with a part of Himself in us.
There is something within us that looks up to a Creator. Some will