Mulling It Over

◌ "Letting pride or stubbornness stop us from acknowledging a mistake. . . . One who makes a mistake and doesn't correct it is making a second mistake" [p. 61] "Remember Jephtah, whose vow proved to violate Torah when his daughter came through the doors, then he blamed his daughter [Judges 11:1 - 12:7]" [Telushkin].

◌ "I have no time at all [is] often the rationale for not doing things we can do but choose not to do" [Telushkin].
I don't have time to visit the sick one in the hospital. I don't have time to volunteer at the prolife clinic, the soup kitchen, the food cellar; to take tea with the elderly lady next door; to pop in at a neighbor's house with a special treat. But I have two hours for NCIS, If Walls Could Talk, and M*A*S*H. "I have no time." I've said it. Guilty as charged.

Someone once reminded me that I have the same amount of time as every other person in the world: 24 hours seven days weekly, perfectly planned by Omniscient G-d.

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From a recent service I attended at BH, a look at Yeshua:
The teacher chose to first take a look at Yeshua, even though this subject was not on the agenda for the day. One reason was because of a Scripture used --
Titus 2:11 - 14:
◌ 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

The teacher drew our attention to "The glory of our great G-d and Savior, Messiah Yeshua . . ." in 2:13, then he had us look at Romans 9:5 ("the Messiah according to the flesh, Who is over all, G-d blessed forever.") Then (Acts 20:28 "the congregation of G-d which He purchased with His own blood") then John 1:18 ("the only begotten G-d") and the G-d of Revelation who is like jasper and sardius -- stones, jewels we don't know about for sure -- His hair like white wool, like snow; His eyes like flaming fire; His face like polished bronze glowing in fire, His voice like the sound of great moving waters; His face shining like the noon sun.

No Artist Could Make This Picture! It makes me want to stand up and shout, "I want to see You!" What a sight! Could our eyes, could our thoughts, even contain just the sight of Him -- the Yeshua, the Risen One! G-d who can be seen, who spoke "mouth to mouth" with Moses! What a picture! What a G-d we serve!

Much of the lesson was about things discussed in this thread, because it included Deuteronomy 24:1 - 25:19 as well as Hosea 10:11 - 11:11. The lesson ended with the verse I am striving to obey in this study:
◌ "You shall be holy, for I, Adonai your G-d, am holy" [Leviticus 11:45; 19:2; 1 Peter 1:16]

Once home, in mulling over the day's lesson, I took interest in the rest of that chapter in 1 Peter, especially in verses 14 - 17, 22, and 23:
◌ 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
16 because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; . . .
22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,
23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.