2023.03.05 (Sun) Day 64 - Deuteronomy 24-27
Chapter 24
Laws Concerning Divorce (1-4)
Miscellaneous Laws (5-22)
Chapter 25
Miscellaneous Laws (1-4)
Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage (5-10)
Miscellaneous Laws (11-19)
Chapter 26
Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes (1-15)
The People who God's Treasured Possession (16-19)
Chapter 27
The Altar on Mount Ebal (1-8)
Curses from Mount Ebal (9-26)
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Deuteronomy 24-27
More instructions and laws.
This time about marriage the commitment and how if divorce happens what is the reason along with the consequences.
Also God instructed not to be greedy and take all of your crop but to leave some for others who have nothing.
Reflection
Today people don’t seem to recognize God’s blessings.
God’s blessings are not given to keep to ourselves by to share. I always think about how I feel when giving blessing to others. Whom really received the blessing? Was it the person whom I was sharing the blessing,or was it me, still could it be God? Perhaps it’s all three. I know when someone shares a blessing with me I feel blessed, likewise…
Deuteronomy 24-27
We continue to learn more laws, more rules , surrounding marriage and divorce. The people who God’s treasure possessions. The offering of first fruits and ties. The building of the altar, and the sharing of curses on Mount Ebal.
Personal reflection
As I read further into Deuteronomy, I feel it’s the section of the Bible where were given instructions, laws. Ways to live, ways to share common things that we can do to survive, live, clean, share, and take care of one another.
I think it’s where God wants us to know how, why, he wants us to live the way he wants us to live. He shares with us his delights and he shares with us his…
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30-31)
As a young child in Sunday school I learned the song, "Jesus Loves Me". But it wasn't until I was an adult that I truly grasped the knowledge that God loved me. And it blew my mind! I couldn't understand how that could possibly be . And now, as I prepare to write my spiritual autobiography,
I am reminded of all the times He was there when I thought I never deserved His love.
It didn't matter what…