August 6th

I love some of the random quiet times I share with God. Most of them spark up right before I go to bed since I do not have a TV to watch in my room. I had a really awesome talk with God last night as I read through the first three chapters Galatians. One particular verse stuck in my head, which is Gal 3:13. It reads "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us - for it is written ' Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree.' " This is significant to me because I always wondered what 'magic' was there in the physical act of Jesus hanging on the cross. Deut 21:23, God specifically says that any man who hangs on a tree is accursed in the sight of God. This created the psychological association that anyone who was placed on a cross would be distinctly put in the most accursed action known to man. While I still do not understand God fully, discovering this verse helps me all the more in my growth in Christ.

Because of His Blessings,
Jeremy