Day 34: Deuteronomy 1-3
The Lord wants us to remember our history/ies. He wants us to know our story/ies. He wants us to know how we fit into the larger story--the one that's been told since the beginning of time. In Deuteronomy 1-3, Moses re-tells to the Israelites the story of all that God has done for them since leaving Egypt. He wants the ones who experienced the story to remember it, and he wants the new generations of Israelites to learn about their past history, to know the story of their ancestors and what God did for them. By doing this, God weaves the story of the new generation into the story of the old. They now have a history, and they also have a God who has been present in the story of their past.
He's also rehearsing this story for us. God wants us to know this story--to know all that God did for his people in the past and to show how we are connected to them as well. Stories connect us. God's story connects us to God, the Israelites, and one another. These stories are becoming more a part of who I am and with whom I identify. Thank you, God, for story.
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