Moses said to the people:
“Today I have set before you
life and prosperity, death and doom.
If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God,
which I enjoin on you today,
loving him, and walking in his ways,
and keeping his commandments, statutes and decrees,
you will live and grow numerous,
and the LORD, your God,
will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy.
This quote from today’s first reading, from the Book of Deuteronomy seems pretty straightforward, doesn’t it? Follow God’s Commandments and the Lord will bless you.
I get frustrated sometimes (my bad) by people who just don’t get it. God’s instructions to us are so simple yet so many people either don’t understand or just don’t care. As we begin Lent, maybe we can all try to follow God’s commandments a little harder. Instead of giving up some trivial thing, maybe we should focus on understanding God’s commandments a little better. That would make it a pretty good Lent.
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