Deuteronomy 11: Wonders
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Love the Lord your God and always heed God’s charge.
The wonder of God’s love is so easily overlooked, so quickly put aside.
The land into which you are crossing drinks in rain from heaven.
We often think of rain as an obstacle for some activity we have planned, or as a spoiler of an otherwise beautiful day. In this reading, we pause to remember that it is the rain that nourishes and sustains.
Take these words of mine into your heart and soul. Bind them at your wrist as a sign, and let them be a pendant on your forehead.
These are the words we hear echoed with the Shema of chapter 6 verses 4 to 9.
Teach them to your children, speaking of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest.
These are concepts we speak to ourselves but that we hesitate to speak to others, especially when we are rushed or tired.
You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and occupy the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you.
We have been assured a fertile place in which to flourish, a land of promise and goodness.
We have been guaranteed a love far greater than any we can imagine, a love that forgives always, a love that never diminishes or loses interest.
We have been asked to keep these words close and to repeat them to those who follow.
We have been asked to hold God close, to follow God’s way, and to call others to likewise follow.
This request is not a great one when what we receive in exchange is the gift of eternal life, of eternal nourishment, of eternal love, of eternal wonder at the goodness of our God.
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