Tassels

Num 15:28-41         11/20/2017

The Israelites sometimes forgot the laws and precepts given by God through Moses, resulting in deadly errors. God instituted tassels on the fringe of the Israelites’ clothing as a way of remembrance.  The tassels were supposed to help  keep the laws and precepts in the forefront of their individual and collective consciousness.

It’s the forgetting that leads to error. I forget God. I forget that He’s in the situation (no matter what the situation is). I forget that my priority is to serve my Creator and Savior. I forget that God is somehow in my brother and sister on earth. I forget that God loves my brother and sister on earth. I forget that God loves the earth He created.

Tassels on my cloths – The tassels thing isn’t working for me.

Maybe it should. Maybe my memory is too short. Maybe my conscience is to too calloused.

“Be ye perfect…” He says.

“It’s too much. I can’t do this. It’s impossible!” My pitiable response.

I’m suddenly struck by how much my lament sounds almost verbatim as when my twin three year old sons struggle to pull up their pants.

I’m not sure if this is hopeful or not.

Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” Matt 19:26