Today's Reading is Deuteronomy 24...
My thoughts on today's reading...
Again today, we get a series of various laws that God's people are encouraged to follow as they head into the promised land. As we read them, we need to be careful not to assume that they all apply to us exactly as they are recorded in Deuteronomy, as these were laws which they were to follow in their time, but not necessarily something that applies to us.
I note that because as Jesus noted regarding divorce, the Lord gave that to them because of the hardness of their heart. Would that divorce wasn't necessary then or even now. Some of the laws were to provide them with ways to care for the poor, the widow and the orphan, and these are also good for us to look after in our day too, but probably not in the same way that they did in their day. Most of us are not farmers who are able to leave a portion of our gleanings for others to come along and collect, and today, no one would come on to another person's land and do that. But we do have ways to care through our churches, benevolent agencies and charities that allow to care for those in need. For example, for the orphan, we have the foster care system and groups like CASA for children who's parents are in the court system.
I guess what I am saying is as you read the various laws in these last few chapters, look at the principles behind them and seek to follow them in that regard... or perhaps, simply remember to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind, and your neighbor as yourself and seek to find ways to do so.