The prophet Jeremiah is quoted in the letter to the Hebrews. (Currently, Jeremiah is our Old Testament voice on Sundays.)
"This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." (Hebrews 8: 10 and Jeremiah 31: 33).
As we live the Way, God writes God's laws on our hearts and minds----in Hebrew, these are the seats of reason, of decision----not simply the house of sentimentality. As we worship God, as we let the Holy Scriptures engage our understandings, as we reach out and provide for one another, as we serve God's children, as we make ourselves vulnerable in prayer, as we sit in God's presence, as we give praise for Creation, as we give thanks for all that we have knowing it comes from God, as we sit at Our Lord's feet........God the Creator is writing the Word on our hearts and minds.
Christianity isn't something that just happens. It isn't a label to wear. It is our identity. Christianity is something we choose and something we do. The very foundation of who (and whose) we are.
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