2.26.11

Is it possible, given this day, that not even a single fleeting thought knocks at the doors of the mind?

For each day devoid of pain and rid of regret
without a tinge of fear and anxiety
sans trouble or sickness
lacking in grief and worry
short of the extraordinary load or burden
no emergencies nor exigencies
none of the drama of the heart
not even the sting of unmet expectations
a day so regular and common
exclusive of sordidness and meanness
God,
this is a beautiful day
where one can bask in the glory
of ordinariness.

And yet,
how can one trivialize
the God
who resides
even in the mundane!


REFLECTIONS
Deuteronomy 32-34

Deuteronomy 32:46-47
Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.

* And the words mostly dealt with idolatry. No other god but God.

Deuteronomy 32:51-52
This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

* Moses’ shortcomings:
- he broke faith with God in the presence of the Israelites.
- he did not uphold God’s holiness among the Israelites.

Moses’ punishments:
- he will see the Promised Land only from a distance.
- he will not enter the land God is giving to Israel.

Tribute to Moses

Deuteronomy 34:10-12
Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the LORD sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.