Interesting translation

I am in a place in my life that I listen to others and find that there are a lot of interesting translations to the way of the Lord. I have recently been in contact with a long lost friend by her choice. We are sisters in Christ but at the time of the separation of my friend connection she told me that she could not remain friends due to my views on God. The statement was made that I thought God was always looking for a way to punish me. Now I don't recall thinking that and if I did, well I have grown since that time. She recently apologized to me and ask me for forgiveness for her immature way of looking at things and judging others. I told her of course I would forgive her. She admitted to me that what she said about me was false and that I did not relate that in any way to her that I thought God was just waiting for the opportunity to punish me. We chatted on the subject and found that neither one of us believed that, but we both agreed that according to God's Word, His Holy Word that there are commandments that we are to follow. When we make promises to God, Covenets to Him that we need to follow His commandments. Now, we talked about how God knows that we are in a sinful world and that we will fail but that doesn't give us the right to do it anyway because we are forgiven. Just as Paul said "Heaven Forbide" We don't welcome and boldly walk into disobedience just because we know that the Lord has forgiven us. My friend said that if we willfully do this then maybe our committment to God was not true. That we should really examine ourselves and ask the Lord for guidence in the