Usually when my pastor baptized me, I thought becoming a Christian would change my life. It did until I discovered that the Christian journey is a way of life. When I read the Scriptures, I thought they told me to follow certain laws to become a better Christian. However, I am lost like the Pharisees; I worried more about keeping the Ten Commandments without acknowledging God's love for my life. I spent much of my life depressed, couldn't stop sinning, couldn't follow God's simple instructions, and couldn't find God in the midst of death in the family and crisis at school. In this article I discovered a principle that is in line with a surprising detail I learned from Professor Leon Blanchette. I have learned that to obey God I must love him. I got confused about this question, thinking about whether my devotionals interpreted Scripture carefully and applied to my family and friends on social media. What I discovered was that I forgot to love God. I made obedience seem like a duty rather than a meaning. For example, I can apologize to a person without remorse or apologize with love. The difference between these two scenarios is that love-driven apologies are meaningful, compared to remorseless ones. This also applies to the way I interpret the Scriptures. In most cases, I can read the Bible when God tells me to read it. However, to apply the four characteristics Ware mentions in his article, I must have joy in the Lord, excited to learn what God has to say to me each day (New International Version, Psalm