To live by the letter of the law is to live a rigid existence. Rigid existence is a contradiction in terms. Rigid = hard, unyielding. Existence = ethereal, nonresistant. According to me.
To live by the letter of the law is to choose fear as your God...if it is set down in black and white, it is right, no exceptions. No. There are always exceptions in God's world...and God makes them, not us. God makes the exception to the law that a murderer needs to be murdered. Not always. Maybe not ever, but that's beyond my ken.
I'm still back in the kiddie pool. Like...being right does not make us right; hurt people hurt people; it is better to lose in learning how to win than to win and believe you're a winner with nothing left to learn.
All of these paradoxes lay the foundation for learning how to cease fighting anything and anybody. When remembered, they cause us pause. That means we have just one task, and that is to discipline our own self.
In plain word, hush.
That's the pause when God uses our heart's voice...and we are sore afraid and elated both at the same time. For we have experienced grace, and we know it.
Grace is not under the letter of the law.
Thank you.
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