Mar 30 - No Eating Bats

Still reading through Deuteronomy its a lot of reminder stuff. Some of it's on what they can and can't eat when they move into the land promised to them by the Lord......Pigs are still off the list!! No bearded vultures or bats either....bummer. Repeatedly Moses says "And do not neglect the Levites in your town, for they will receive no allotment of land among you." It goes on to talk about setting aside a tithe of crops each year to bring to the place of worship. When they bring the tithe they can eat it at the place of worship not give it to anyone or burn it up they just have to eat it at the place of worship not their towns. The rules don't seem to be as intense when they get into the new land. He is also explicit about taking care of the poor and giving generously to them. The best one is "at the end of every seventh year you must cancel the debts of everyone who owes you money." I'm photocopying that page and sending it to my mortgage company:)

In Luke today Jesus raises a families daughter from the dead and a lady is healed by simply touching his garments while he is walking through the crowd. "One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out demons and to heal all diseases. Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 'Take nothing for your journey,' he instructed them. 'Don't take a walking stick, a traveler's bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes. Wherever you go, stay in the same house until you leave town. And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake it's dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate' So the began their circuit of the villages, preaching the Good News and healing the sick." How cool would that be! Go all across the lands healing and casting out demons! I wonder if they had other tricks up their sleeves.....maybe make a goat talk or something fun like that? OK so Jesus most likely wouldn't trust me with those abilities or put a heck of a restriction on them so I wouldn't be freaking people out by raising a little girls dead cat that just got run over by a cart.