Deuteronomy 5:22 These are the words that God spoke to the whole congregation at the mountain. He spoke in a tremendous voice from the fire and cloud and dark mist. And that was it. No more words. Then he wrote them on two slabs of stone and gave them to me. (The Message)
God first spoke the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 and in Deuteronomy 5, Moses restated them to Israel and God wrote them down for a second time. The first ones were destroyed when Moses threw them down in Exodus 32:19 smashing them to pieces.
Writing things down that need to be remembered now and for future times.
Nick and I are going to journal our trip to Indio, California. I bought each of us a blank book, adding little sticky letters saying, 'Nick's Journal' on one and 'Grammie's Journal' on the other. I've tried to explain to him how he can do his. I suggested he could put some pictures in it of what he did or where he'd been and I could write a little blurb about it and we would do this each night before bed. Then when he gets home, he will remember all the fun things he did on vacation.
Well, Nick has other ideas. He wants to draw pictures of where he has been and not use a lot of words. If we see an animal, he wants to draw that animal right next to him. He wants to glue things in it and color his drawings. I told him it was a good idea and he can do that, maybe just use a few words so the grownups will understand it.
As time goes by and Nick looks at his journal, he will have a permanent reminder of his vacation.
For me, the Ten Commandments are a permanent reminder of how I should live in order to have a meaningful relationship with God. They are written down so I don't forget.
Nancy
