Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 5:6 (New Living Translation)

“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the LORD by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty.

Have I done something wrong to another person? Yes.

Do I sometimes do something wrong to another person? Well, yes, but not as often as in the past.

What’s the harm? I mean, doing wrong is doing wrong, but I’m human. We all do wrong now and then.

Look at the verse. When we do something wrong to another person, we are betraying the LORD. Oooops. The LORD takes these things seriously. These “another persons” are His creation. He loves His creation and doesn’t take kindly to those who wrong His creation.

It is difficult for me to remember this. That the LORD treasures all of His creation, and I am supposed to honor that.