03 May, 2018

It's up to us!

 See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God[a] that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules,[b] then you shall live and multiply, and the Lordyour God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,  I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.  I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,  loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”                                                                                                    -Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Next time someone complains about the direction our nation is going, remind them it is of their own doing.  God has not been silent on our morality or lack thereof.  The text is quite clear.  But people more and more are discounting Him, and not just ignoring him but out right denying him.  I've seen it written that it is 2018, why should we follow the teachings of an ancient sky god.  They should open their eyes and look around and behold what a world without God is becoming.

I am continuing my re-read of the Old Testament and my eyes have truly been opened to the wisdom contained on those pages!

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