Love Your Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)

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Oh Isreal,
love your Lord.
Bind His words to the flesh of your hand.
Cast your eyes on them.
Seal them in your heart.
Proclaim this commandment to your children.
When you sit,
when you walk,
when you lie down,
when you rise,
take these words to your heart.

Love your Lord.

And Isreal,
do not hate your neighbor in your heart.
Treat him,
as you would wish him
to treat you.
Hold no grudge.
Seek no vengeance.
Love your neighbor as you love yourself.

Oh Isreal,
do not test the one sent.
Do not gather against him
as scholars
thinking the answers are for you,
when in truth they are His.
For what you have read
points to this day,
if you but listen to the prophets
and understand the law.


copyright 2023 - Donald P James Jr

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