12-13 So now Israel, what do you think God expects from you? Just this: Live in his presence in holy reverence, follow the road he sets out for you, love him, serve God, your God, with everything you have in you, obey the commandments and regulations of God that I’m commanding you today—live a good life.
14-18 Look around you: Everything you see is God’s—the heavens above and beyond, the Earth, and everything on it. But it was your ancestors who God fell in love with; he picked their children—that’s you!—out
of all the other peoples. That’s where we are right now. So cut away
the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully
hardheaded.- Deuteronomy 10: The MessageI love the translation that says, " God SET HIS AFFECTIONS on your ancestors." The wods "Set" here is: chashaq : to long for, delight in and deliver.
Sometimes it feels like what we do doesn't matter and our lives haven't amounted to much. I want you to know that you were chosen before you were formed, and though the world has murdered every good thing in your life- He SETS HIS AFFECTION ON YOU.
It doesn't matter where you've been or what you've done, His love is relentless and reckless. Look up today and reach out your hand to the heavens- there is one that knows, that sees and that can usher HOPE into your heart again. Look up, precious pne and see the God who never left you. <3
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