Day 60 - Leviticus 5:14 - 6:7 & Psalm 60

 Julie

I hope it's not just me, but even these have been a bit difficult to read and understand. While it sounds like it's repetitive it turns out it's not. For instance, in today's reading it is still talking about unintended sin, but ones that are worse than the ones from yesterday's reading and they require a higher price. We are beginning to learn about how to treat our neighbors as well and being told how to make reparations for any wrong that we might cause them.

Psalm 60 is a lament for the community and is suggested that it is an instruction to them for how to pray for help with their enemies. Again, that seems to be a common theme right now.

 

Michelle

It is not just you.  I found that the previous passage I was just skimming thru the details of the offering as it seemed the same as all the others.  This one was a much shorter passage describing what needed to be sacrificed before the Lord.  I do find the Guilt offering an interesting thing.  Often times we feel guilt for things we are not doing that we should be doing.  I do anyway.  There are times that I beat myself up for it and then someone tells me it's ok don't be so hard on yourself.  And while there are times I shouldn't, the times I am certain I should have handled something differently, is where I feel the most guilt.  Or if my actions or words have hurt someone.  While there are a large amount of very sensitive people in the world today, I have learned that there are times when I need to be more mindful of my bluntness and honesty.  The 10 commandments don't necessarily include this guilt thing, but I can also see how it would relate.  The second part of today's passage is about being neighborly and how we should treat others and that we should not be deceitful.  There has been a lot of deceiving in the beginning of the bible up to now so I can see why this is an important one to remember.   

 I have to be honest.  Some of these psalms don't make sense until the end when they are praising God and asking for help.  I hate that I have no real context of what is happening to them.  But what I got from this is that he turns to God yet again, first questioning and then praising and asking for help.