something I have been thinking about

Recently, I have been fighting legalism in my life. But through that I have come to realize that I threw out holiness. I am afraid I have stopped the strive to be set apart. I fell victim to the belief that all rules without clear reason behind them are stupid and should not be heeded. This is not true. I have been going through Ephesians with my Thursday night bible study group and there are plenty of points where God sets up rules that seem at times frivolous. There is always a time to ask questions. But there is also a time when God calls us to simply trust and obey even if we do not know why. I think that even as christians we can still use our freedom to enslave ourselves. (Galatians 5:1)