Meditation

Hi there,

Today, we close out our copying of the Ten Commandments with the last six commandments that define how we live our lives toward our fellow man.

The commandment to "honor your father and mother" is stated in the positive. This commandment is the only one that contains no prohibitions.

Honoring our father and mother is an open act of humility to authority, the giving of respect, and the provision of care. This goes beyond withholding anger, disdain or hostility.

It is to hold them in positive regard.

The final Commandments are stark prohibitions that, when observed, will avert the worst of the violence and malice that is all too common between people.

As obvious as these seem to us now, they aren't obvious in every culture or in every time. Indeed, we might freely assent to the truth of these commandments. Yet, we find them hard to sustain.

Love is just as much found in restraint as it is in the giving of honor.

Today's verses are Deuteronomy 5: 16-21 (and are highlighted in black.)

I've provided the full text of the Ten Commandments for context and to help you catch up if you missed a day.

The Ten Commandments

6 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

7 “You shall have no other gods before me.

8 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

10 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

11 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

14 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.

15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

16 “Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “You shall not murder.

18 “You shall not commit adultery.

19 “You shall not steal.

20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Encouragement

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:5​
​Andy

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The refrain "Well our feeble frame he knows" is found in the Hymn "Praise My Soul, The King Of Heaven." I've linked a video below from YouTube for you to enjoy as you copy out today's lines.

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