Read Proverbs 13:15  Have you ever noticed that some people just don’t get it?  Some people are going on with what they are doing and they just don’t seem to realize what is going on with the rest of the world.  For instance, it may be time to get ready to go to church, and their mother says, “Okay, you have to put your toys away and get dressed for church.”  But they just don’t seem to get it.  They don’t realize that their mother is serious.  They just keep going on with what they are doing and ignore their mother’s directions.  It is getting later and later, but they just don’t seem to realize what is going on.  Their mother gets ready, she irons their father’s shirt, she gets stuff ready for Sunday school, and after some time, she comes back to see how they are doing.  But nothing has changed.  They are still playing with their toys.  Their clothes are still lying on the bed; their toys are still strewn about; they have done nothing to obey.  They just don’t get it.  And when their mother gets upset and handles them roughly and puts their clothes on them like she would a little child, they still don’t get it.  “Why is Mom so upset?” they think.  “Why is she acting so mean to me?” they say to themselves.  They don’t realize that their actions – or their lack of action – have made their mother act the way that she is acting.  As our verse says, good understanding gives favor.  If they listen, and get ready when they are told to, and put away most of their toys, they could go right back to playing with one thing.  Then, when their mother came back into their room, she would find the room clean and them ready for church.  She would be happy with their obedience and she would be in a better mood.  She might even think that they were very mature for their age.  We need to realize that how we act is how we are treated.  The end of our verse says that the way of the transgressor is hard.  If we don’t obey; if we don’t listen; we will just get into more and more trouble.  So, if we don’t listen, things will be hard for us.  But if we listen and obey quickly, things will be much easier for us.  Everything will be better – for our families, and for us!