YOUR
LOVE
TELL
My journal notes looked like those Valentine conversation
heart candies, the ones that have only a word or two.
YOUR. In Deuteronomy 10:20-22,Moses uses the words
"you" and "your" nine times in the translation I read. Your God, your praise, your own eyes. In my mind I was reminded, "it's about
my relationship with God."
LOVE. Deuteronomy 11:1
reminds me to love my God who loves me and provides for me.
TELL. Beginning in
verse 2 of chapter 11, Moses reminds the Israelites to tell their children of
the great and awesome deeds of their loving God. They saw these "great things" with
their own eyes (verse 8) but their children were not there, not eyewitnesses.
When my son was in college, he emailed me and asked me to occasionally
email him some "Mama" stories, so he would remember her. His grandmother, my mother, had passed away
when he was in elementary school. I
realized that it developed a habit for me.
At most events and holidays, a "Lizzie" story is told. It helps remember her love and her character.
This morning the memory that comes to mind was the family gathered
at her Thanksgiving table. Every time
her grandchildren asked for something Mama hopped up and got it. Mama made so
many trips up from the table, away from her dinner plate, that I finally said, "Mama is not getting up
from the table again until she finishes her dinner!" She was surprised by my command because she
hadn't noticed the number of trips or that her dinner was cold. She was meeting the needs of the delights of
her heart!
How much more God provides for me!
MINE (one more conversation heart)
These verses remind
me:
* My Life
is about my personal relationship with God.
It is between Him and me. Yes it
is personal but I need to share it.
* This
relationship is based on love, His love for me and mine for Him. This love relationship should show in how I
live my life.
* I have
a lifetime of stories of the great and wonderful
things God has done in my life.
YOUR. LOVE. TELL.
MINE.
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