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To: Kathy in Alaska

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Every Word Matters

June 18, 2013

Kim Peek was a savant (a person with extraordinary memory) who memorized all of Shakespeare’s plays. During a performance of Twelfth Night, Peek noticed that the actor had skipped a word from one of the lines. Peek suddenly stood up and shouted, “Stop!” The actor apologized and said he didn’t think anyone would mind. Peek replied, “Shakespeare would.”

Words matter. But especially when they are the very words of God. Moses warned Israel, “You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God” (Deut. 4:2). Moses often reminded Israel of God’s mercy and faithfulness to them in the past. But he also stressed the importance of obedience to God’s commands as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. He told them that obedience would result in blessings of life and a rich inheritance (vv.39-40). Every command and regulation mattered to God. The value His people placed on God’s Word showed their view of Him.

Today, when we value God’s Word, handle it with great care, and obey what it says, we give God the reverence He truly deserves.

The Bible stands, and it will forever
When the world has passed away;
By inspiration it has been given—
All its precepts I will obey. —Lillenas
God’s Word needs no additions or subtractions.

Read: Deuteronomy 4:1-10

You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God. —Deuteronomy 4:2
Bible in a Year:
Nehemiah 10-11; Acts 4:1-22


5 posted on 06/17/2013 6:07:28 PM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: The Mayor

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.


12 posted on 06/17/2013 6:18:54 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: The Mayor
And in second....The Mayor snags the silver!!


17 posted on 06/17/2013 6:31:44 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: The Mayor
Excellent lesson this evening, Mayor! I am reminded of the painters and stone-workers laboring in unseen heights in Medieval Cathedrals. They created great works, seen only to God.

I am likewise reminded by some of my colleagues in various choirs over the last thirty years who did not shrink from correcting, in a kind fashion, those of us who went astray from the score or whose diction was incorrect. God Bless them - we are ministers and must take care to bear Witness according to the Word.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

22 posted on 06/17/2013 6:42:57 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the A<font size=4><b>rchangel defend us in Battle!)
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