Psalm 119:97 Oh, how I love your law!
It is my meditation all day long.
The law gets a bad rap. God's law, I mean. Too often we associate it with oppressive laws that tell us all the fun things we'd like to do but aren't allowed to do. And I think we in America have a particular problem with this because we confuse freedom with a lack of law and structure. God's law is not a list of don'ts. Part of God's law is a list of don'ts. Yes, we are not allowed to do things like kill and steal and bear false witness and covet our neighbor's donkey.
But that's just one part of God's law. God's law is really about teaching. God's law is God's way of guiding and teaching us to live the fullest lives that God has offered tou s. God's law includes love and humility and grace and graciousness. God's law includes hope and promise and mutual respect and prayer. Now that's a kind of law I could love and I could meditate on all day long.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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