thinking...

it's rare that you hear from me on a weekend, but this morning i ran across something that i just feel like sharing, because it's cool.

a little background: i've spent most of my week at work writing documentation (think "owner's manual") for a project we did for a client. and it was not fun. but i got through it, completing the last of the editing within minutes of my deadline. anyway, in the editing phases, one spends alot of time thinking about how to make one's point clearly in a more concise manner.

so, this morning, i was reading in Genesis, and I ran across this verse (17:1) -

"When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me and be blameless."

and i got to thinking... walk before Me and be blameless... two commands in one.

in the New Testament, Jesus tells us to simply "Follow Me."

so, now instead of walking in front and being blameless, we're now walking behind One who is blameless, and our blamelessness is implied. God made His point in a more concise manner.

it's almost like, as God was changing His covenant, He was editing His Documentation.