My 91-year-old Dad went to his bank for a couple of reasons, but one was to cash a check he gets periodically from stocks or something. It was for $3.29. His bank closed its local office, so he has to go to a different branch now.
He was slightly annoyed when they asked for his identification. He never had to do that with his local office. Then the clerk pointed out the check was made out to him and his wife and it needed her signature. He told them that would not be possible because she has been dead for over ten years. The clerk hemmed and hawed, and then told him to wait while he got his boss. My Dad replied, "I can't imagine what you make me do for $4.00!"
I love the humor, but I respect the rules. The bank is protecting us and themselves from fraud. (I know he needs to tell the issuer that his wife is deceased). Although annoying, the rules are in place for a reason. There have been rules to protect us from day one in the Garden of Eden. There are traffic rules to avoid chaos. There are rules to games to be fair. There are rules of etiquette, to make us decent to others and pleasant to be around others. There are laws to help us live peacefully in society.
We cannot live without laws in our lives. Even Jesus was punished for supposedly breaking laws he did not break, but his punishment saves us from a trial in the end for all the laws we do break, as long as we have faith that he's going to cash our checks whether it is for $3.29 or $4.00, he will cash it for us in exchange for eternal life. We don't even have to show our id because he knows us! Thank you, Lord for your commandments to guide us daily. Help us to keep these rules.
"And God spoke all these words:
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
Exodus 20: 1-17
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