Monday, March 24, 2003
Monday, March 24, 2003
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the
LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
That's what we would like, isn't it--take out five and have a treasury of our favorite
commandments? It's like a fellow who walked out of church after the service one Sunday. He
shook hands with the Pastor and said, "Reverend, you really inspired me with your sermon on
the Ten Commandments. Starting today, I'm going to keep one Commandment a week until I get
through all ten."
Of course, ten is not really that many, and God does summon us to honor all of them.
(Exodus 20.7
NRSV)
Book publisher Bennett Cerf once told about a book called THE TEN COMMANDMENTS which
was to be published for the armed services during World War II. Unfortunately the book was too
long. "How about using only five of them," quipped one of his editors, "and calling it A
TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S BEST COMMANDMENTS?"
Dear Jesus, keep me close to God as I follow His commandments. Amen.
