Deuteronomy, Chapter 6, Verse 24-25
24 The LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes in fear of the LORD, our God, that we may
always have as good a life as we have today. 25 This is
our justice before the LORD, our God: to observe carefully this whole
commandment he has enjoined on us.”
Today being the day before
the anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center it is good to reflect
on Christ’s mind given in the gospel.
“To you who hear I say, love your
enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for
those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the
other one as well, and from the person, who takes your cloak, do not withhold even
your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what
is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. For
if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love
those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what
credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect
repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get
back the same amount. But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and
lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be
children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will
not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you
will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed
together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in
return be measured out to you.”
What
two words would God use to describe you?
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