Dear Children, "When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey. Build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones." Deut 27:3 So, what does these verses mean? What are all those verses written to us for? Our deep calling. Our deep encouragement. Our deep knowledge of the truth. Our deep freedom. Go write down what you know; what you need to remember; what you need to live by. Put it up. Memorials of the Word.
The Living Word! Some of us end up in marriages that we would not have chosen had we not been swept away by the moments of our youth ~ #nofavorintheireyes. Deut 24:1. Maybe it was the Providential Hand of God that He placed you in the marriage you are in---like Hosea, who married beneath him. Maybe it is our own sinful choices, lustful choices, even ignorant choices that landed us where we lay our heads this night. Don't bring sin upon your family ~ Deut 24:4. Whether it's Providence or our own sin, we all have opportunity to bear our own burdens rather than give in to sin. We can find a rest we know not, no matter the circumstance. God's Divine Power enables us by Grace Upon Grace to sanctify the crosses we bear. God's Matchless Grace supports us---Underneath are His Loving Arms. God's Comforting Spirit teaches and reproves and provides the way for us to better learn how to obey in the midst of distance and difficulties. God will make this marraige more tolerable---He changes us, not just our spouse. We have the Written Word of God. We worship the Living Word! The Word meets Prayer and that changes everything for us ~ Deut 27:5. No secret formula here, just a life lived surrendered, sold out. This blessing from Moses in Deut 27:9 becomes the cry of our hearts: "Keep silence and hear, O Israel, this day you have become the people of the LORD your God. You shall therefore obey the Voice of the LORD your God, keeping His commandments."
PHOTO: Taken when Ezri turned ONE. I want to set up a memorial this year---see if you can find it.
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