Rated PG: Thoughts on Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Deuteronomy 6:4-9
  4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. 7 Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, 9 and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.


What adjectives would someone use to describe your home? Clean, Cluttered, Classic, Organized, Homey? How would they describe the interactions that occur inside your home - Loving, Critical, Generous, Supportive?

Would the words Scriptural or Spiritual enter the list? The words of God - recited by Moses to the people - are important enough to write down in a place where they inspire the interactions of a home. Love the Lord your God. Take these words to heart, and let them inspire your home.

Dear God, let your love flow through me to all in my house.
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