Deuteronomy 6:6

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Devotional

Dear God, without you there would be no love, no place for caring, or blessings for the world to see. As we all are subject to be put to use as an instrument for the expression of your glory, discipline us and help us to look at the blessings involved with you in mind with all that we do. Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ (Matthew 22:37) And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) It is in God, within us that faithfulness and belief in his teachings turn into the behavior of selflessness with protection, love inspired by compassion, and unity as a welcoming light of hope. Amen.