Deuteronomy 6:5-9

I just read Deuteronomy 6, and it was awesome!!! It's so amazing I couldn't help but smile and laugh while I'm reading it! I just love it! But here's quickly what I think about it.

Deuteronomy Chapter 6 starts off strong. And I'm sure you've all heard this verse or some form of it somewhere, but it says in verse 5: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you might." After the first five or six words in my head I thought, "Ok I already know this verse" so my mind shut off. But it was quickly woken up by the following verses thereafter. Verses 6-9 read:

"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."

God just doesn't want us to be loving on Sunday morning when we're "supposed" to be happy and filled with God's love. He wants us to love God and show people we love God 24/7. Whether you lie down, talk, walk, sit, or wake-up! It doesn't matter what you are doing, we need to be telling and showing people God's love. And after verse 9, what does it say? Well it talks about when we are faithful in obeying his commandments, God gives us what He promises. God took care of the Egyptians by bringing them out of Egypt and he promised them that if they were to obey Moses and God's directions, that God would give them the land that they want. Not that they deserved it or that we are owed something, but that God wants us to have it. God wants us to be happy.

And what have I been struggling with lately? Reading consistently, and not just reading when I feel like. And i've been spending my time playing with games, electronics, new gadgets and gismos, but what did I get out of that? A small emptiness or boredom after a while. But after reading for 5 minutes I feel joy, I feel like I'm learning something. I hear God speaking to me through His Word. Why do I choose materialistic things when I can have joy from the Lord?!

I hope you had a great Christmas and will have a fantastic New Year!!!

Thanks for reading!

Geren