Fit for a King

"When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites. It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel." (Deuteronomy 17:18-20).

Moses recorded these words long before the Israelites had kings. God instructed Israel's kings to make personal copies of God's law, keep the copies with them and reread them often. However, they did not obey and got into a lot of troubles. Read 2 Kings 23:1-3 to find out how centuries later, the young king Josiah renewed the Covenant.

I woke up thinking about Po and other people of faith. None of us can control how long we live on earth. Can loving parents really protect and lead our children forever? Are we teaching our kids the principles of living from the Bible?

Remember this: What matter is not how long we live but how we live!

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