Exodus 21-22; Psalm 12; Acts 4

the whole of the readings this morning, i wonder if every year for me is the same a bit of blah from the winter and less than awed or no energy to really think about. exodus and the rules, not the ten commandments the ones that follow in 21, about property(slaves) and death for infractions and rule breakers.....vengeance talk. you are a God of vengeance we don't suffer it in and under Christ, but You are a God of vengeance? we have never done as you wanted us to and in Your Grace we 'get off' but it's not, can't be 'scot free'....Jesus suffered it all for us and we can forget so quickly what the 'all' is.......what You intended, desired for us is so far off the mark and You gave us Your Son.....
and then the book of Acts, so much I pray for and would i be willing, will i be obedient when you answer the prayers of all who love and long for heaven??
^{Acts 4;29-30}"And now they're at it again! Take care of their threats and give your servants fearless confidence in preaching your Message, as you stretch out your hand to us in healings and miracles and wonders done in the name of your holy servant Jesus."

³¹ While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God's Word with fearless confidence.

^32-33 The whole congregation of believers was united as one—one heart, one mind! They didn't even claim ownership of their own possessions. No one said, "That's mine; you can't have it." They shared everything. The apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Master Jesus, and grace was on all of them.

^34-35And so it turned out that not a person among them was needy. Those who owned fields or houses sold them and brought the price of the sale to the apostles and made an offering of it. The apostles then distributed it according to each person's need.

there's alot to be obedient to there, who'd be first? see that's how i'd work it look for, see who was selling everything and would I join them in it or judge them as a crazy i wouldn't join up with. i would hope that in the united part i would lose that part of me but i wonder and yet i pray daily to be a part of something like this, to see a Holy Spirit revival and people loving, me with, making the choice(?) to love w/an abandon that would be You.