Below the reader will find a beautiful account of a disciple who through his seeming lack of strict obedience brought forth great fruit. He rightly coupled discernment with obedience. For without discernment, it is possible for obedience to become abusive. Of course, such discernment was (and must be) exercised with great Christian love and devotion. This is of the utmost importance. We may discern that it was not the disciple’s job to “just obey,” rather he was also responsible to “...
