Daily Manna January 6th Deut. 30:15-20 What reflection from today’s reading would you like to share?
- Trey, I hesitate to comment before your video! LOL (In case I have it all wrong.) Today's reading stresses to me that my faith, my love for and belief in God must be active. Daily (even hourly) I must purpose to obey His commandments, love Him, walk in His ways, and hold fast to Him. So far the readings this week have made me more aware than ever of how I must be mindful of loving and serving God by living how He instructs and by truly loving the people around me. I like these short readings because I can remember them and keep them on my mind throughout the day. Thanks, Trey! Also I see how easy it is for our hearts to be drawn away to other gods....If we do not stay focused on serving God and doing His will, it is easy to be distracted by the world. And by the world I don't necessarily mean the temptation to do "big sins", but the temptation of busyness, spending time on mindless distractions, being influenced to improve self for the sake of being perceived as better by others, but not necessarily according to God's standards of humbleness, unselfish service to others, etc.
- Roan Johnson Lol! That presupposes that either I have it all right or that I am seeing and expressing it from every possible angle AND that your angle (or anyone else’s) is not equally valid! I am highly suspicious of all of those scenarios 😊 I appreciate your point about the hourly choice we must make to follow God and the seemingly innocuous things that might draw us away from serving God. In some ways, I think these can be more harmful to us ultimately because so often times we fail to recognize their ability to lull our passion for God and to divert our devotion.