Friday Writing...6/29/18..."Humble Yourself"

Good Morning,

Today we have a list of the ten commandments. The really interesting part is that Karen pointed out the ideal way of living according to the computers. Then she lists in a very interesting way the choices that people would make if they did follow the commandments. Ir is done in a whimsical if only frame of mind. Here is a quote from this writing, "Our world would be a place of blissful peace if we obeyed God’s law. Try to envision a place of patience, kindness, no envy, no boasting, no pride. There would be no self seeking, no easy anger or keeping records of wrongs."

Wanting to live a life like this in the kind of world it would be!
Karen & Corinne
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Today's Devotional 

"Humble Yourself" 

by Karen Bennett

Just think of what a beautiful place our world would be if everyone loved as God directed? God gave us the Ten Commandments as moral law, as He directs us to live our lives for peace and joy in Him!

The first three deal directly with God, and how He wants us to love and obey Him. The first tells us we are to have no other gods. God should be first and foremost in our lives with all else to follow. Jesus said we are to love God with all our hearts, souls, and minds. If we would do this, the rest of the commandments would be far easier to follow.

Commandments 4-10 deal with our love for each other. Jesus also told us to love our neighbors as ourselves. What a joyous thought when we realize decisions could be made without agonizing over them. Our children would be raised to be kind and tolerant, to not ridicule  or bully others. It would be easier to stand our ground for the wants of our Lord and not back down in favor of any other. Then all other conditions in our lives would be easier to handle with total trust in the Lord!

Everything in the Commandments is about love, Christian love. It’s love that summarizes the Moral Law. The Ten Commandments are all about God and all about love. After all, God is Love.

 “Love does no harm to its neighbor. 

Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

Romans 13:10

Our world would be a place of blissful peace if we obeyed God’s law. Try to envision a place of patience, kindness, no envy, no boasting, no pride. There would be no self seeking, no easy anger or keeping records of wrongs. We wouldn’t delight in evil, but rejoice with truth. We’d always protect, trust, hope, and persevere, because love never fails. {Paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13.) 

We all know that love verse. Take time to read it through slowly and concentrate on each phrase. You could then understand a good portion of what your life would be like if we could follow God’s lawful direction.

Father, we have our failings, but we ask Your help in following Your word as our way of life. Give us the strength and determination to love You and all Your other children, even our enemies, that we may please You, and realize the happiness You intend for our lives. One day we will experience that joy in heaven, but with Your help, may we do the best we can to obey Your law today, while we are still on earth. To Your glory and in Your name we pray. Amen. 

The simplicity and childlike words
of this song lift the hearts of hearers

Kathie Hill
"The Perfect Ten"

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The ten commandments speak of loving God and our fellow man.
It gives us the rules to follow to use as guidelines.

Jesus also followed these guidelines when He died for love of us

and in His death we were given eternal salvation.

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