God wants to bless!

Since my last entry, I have read Deuteronomy 1:4-3:29 and Luke 23:7-24:8. My favorite verses are:

Deuteronomy 1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

Luke 23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

These two verses show the contrast between what God wants to do for us and what we choose for ourselves. God desires to give us a good land with good fruit—a place where we can prosper and enjoy His blessings. We choose, by our disobedience, to be punished until we wish for even the land to turn against us and deliver us from God’s judgment. We want the mountains and hills to hide us from the face of God. Nothing can hide us from God, and if we seek His forgiveness and choose to be obedient to His will, we can receive the blessings that He wants to give to us.