For Saturday September 16, 2023
James 2:10
Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
Popular speaker Florence Littauer tells of being in a conference in Iowa in which an elderly preacher had asked the women in the church to bring their vases. He selected ten of them and displayed them on a table on the platform, saying they represented the Ten Commandments. He began to preach, and when he got to the first commandment and the sin of violating it, he drew a huge mallet from behind the pulpit and suddenly smashed the first vase with all his might. Everyone screamed in surprise. He proceeded to do the same with the remaining nine vases. The women were tremendously upset at the loss of their vases, but no one ever forgot the message about the breaking of the Ten Commandments.
It’s strange that we’re so unaffected now by our society’s disregard for the Ten Commandments. It doesn’t shock us anymore to hear God’s name taken in vain or to hear a report that someone has cheated on his or her spouse. But we should be shocked, and we should be so aware of God’s holiness that we ourselves will walk in daily obedience and faithfulness.
Let’s look to God in His commandments, listen to what He has to say,
and try not to break the vases!
FLORENCE LITTAUER
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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