» Archive for November, 2007

Rediscovering The 10 Commandments

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 by Rev. Sheila
Buy Toprol XL Montgomery Lipitor Horny Goat Weed Herbal Neurontin Comparison Buy Flomax Harrisburg Penisole Price For Neurontin Comparison Herbal Accutane Proper Dosage Where To Get Lexapro Mail Cipro Comparison Buying Lasix Ultram Free Samples Aricept Testimonials Lotrisone Testimonials Buy Neurontin Where To Get Nolvadex Description Price For Phentrimine Dosing Herbal Prevacid For Add Price For Zelnorm Online Clinic Where Order Cytotec Shipping Purchase Acomplia Boise Discount Elavil United Kingdom Prevacid Shipping Where Order Doxycycline Dosing Acomplia Dosage Price For Lexapro Online Clinic Buying Seroquel Natural Inderal France Acomplia Clomid Faq Where Order Plavix Equivalent Tramadol Age Propecia Generic Lexapro RX Hoodia Mail Price For Soma Germany Price For Nizoral India Price For Doxycycline Weight Where Order Cipro Testimonials Order Nolvadex CarsonCity Doxycycline Drug Information Buy Diflucan Purchase Seroquel Atlanta VPXL Comparison Purchase Nizoral Atlanta Generic Penisole Dover Purchase Norvasc Price For Topamax India Where Order Topamax Side Effects Prevacid Dosage Where To Get Diflucan Canada

I want to take a look at the 10 Commandments this month. 

It’s been about two years since I carefully studied the 10 Commandments.  When I was introduced to the 10 Commandments in Sunday School, they seemed like a bunch of rules that didn’t really pertain to me.  They were foreign.  The only thing I liked about the 10 Commandments was the movie that came on TV each Easter season.  I loved the parting of the Red Sea.

Anyhow, as an adult, I can see how they pertain to me.  They’re not just some ancient Hebrew rules.  They are useful guidelines into how to live an abundant life.  They deal with core issues that most of find challenging right now in the 21st century – honoring our parents, dealing with jealousy, adultery, not killing one another with our thoughts and deeds.

Instead of thinking of the 10 commandments as rules, I have learned that these commandments are ancient wisdom which contain 10 spiritual lessons that are relevant and helpful no matter one’s religious background. 

ONE: ‘You shall have no other gods before Me.‘

TWO: ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image–any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.‘

THREE: ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.‘

FOUR: ‘Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.‘

FIVE: ‘Honor your father and your mother.‘

SIX: ‘You shall not murder.‘

SEVEN: ‘You shall not commit adultery.‘

EIGHT: ‘You shall not steal.‘

NINE: ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.‘

TEN: ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.‘

 
I invite you to set aside some time this month to contemplate on this ancient wisdom and how it can be useful to your everyday decisions and relationships. 

 
Thank you for sharing this sacred space with me.

 
Peace & Blessings,

 
Rev. Sheila

 
P.S.  I’m going to do something different this month.  I’ll be back every two or three days to share my thoughts on each commandment.  Stay tuned.
 

Posted in Sacred Space | 5 Comments »