“The Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of his love” (Deuteronomy 10:15 NLT). This passage warms our hearts. But it shook the Hebrews’ world. They heard this: “The Lord binds [hasaq] himself to his people.” Hasaq speaks of a tethered love, a love attached to something or someone. I’m picturing a mom connected by a child harness to her rambunctious five-year-old as the two of them walk through the market. (I once thought the leashes were cruel; then I became a dad.) The strap serves two functions, yanking and claiming. You yank your kid out of trouble, and in doing so proclaim, “Yes, he is as wild as a banshee. But he’s mine.”
Max Lucado – 3:16
Monday, May 17, 2010
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