Kim: Robbie, do you want cake?
Robbie: Yeah!
Kim: You have to eat one more bite of chicken.
Robbie: No.
Me: Just one bite of chicken, and then you can have cake.
R: No.
W: Don't you want some cake?
R: ....No.
(Robbie climbs down and plays for five or seven minutes while the rest of us eat)
K: All right, time for dessert.
R: Robbie want dessert!
K: Oh, you want some cake?
R: Yes.
K: Eat that chicken on your fork.
(Robbie hesitates)
W: Can you eat that one chicken so you can have cake?
(Robbie takes the chicken off the fork and eats it)
R: Mmmm.
W: Is it good?
R: Yeah!
W: Do you want some more?
R: No.
W: Okay, here's some cake.
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This, folks, is a perfect picture of every Christian's relationship with God at some point or other. (Us = Robbie, God = Kim and I in the illustration)
