Today was an unusually warm day for February. In Warrensburg
it was in the 60’s! I decided to walk on campus and spend some time outdoors.
As I made my way to the benches in front of the Union I saw one of my old
professors sitting and eating lunch with a couple of other professors. I
stopped and said hi. We discussed some of my old classmates and where they are
now and what they are up to. I told her some of what I have been doing at CCH
and how I love it. We said our good-byes and I moved along.
I found and empty
bench and took The Screwtape Letters,
my notebook, and a pencil out of my bag to start reading and writing notes for
the community group members to discuss. I got about a chapter read before one
of my friends, Jenna, passed by. She was headed inside the Union to get some
cake. Apparently for 18 years now the university has had a 90% employment rate
after graduation. So what better way to celebrate, then by giving its students
free cake! I followed her inside. We each picked up a piece of chocolate cake
and found a seat on a sofa.
Jenna told me she has been reading Leviticus, where God lays
out the laws He wants the Israelites to follow. The more she read and studied
the more she learned the things the Israelites were required to do in
themselves had no significance but because God had commanded them was what made
the acts worship to Him. We questioned and discussed why God set so many rules
and how it is different from today. Beth Moore says, “Relationships are the
goal of regulations.” In the Old Testament not everyone could have a
relationship with God, but today it is possible.
This is so true! Some scholars have suggested that some of the laws were designed to protect people from dangers they weren't even aware of. For example, they were forbidden from eating shell fish because of some of the bacteria they contained that might cause illness. God didn't have to justify his motivations for creating that law, He just did and expected them to follow. I know I forget that sometimes, I get so caught up in trying to figure why God does x or y, and forget that He never promised me an answer or that it would ever make sense.
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