Ten Commandments

 

If I had A Hammer

If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land, uh

What if the Ten Commandments were only warnings

A toddler hears the warning “Don’t touch the stove” as a commandment, which to some people is only a dare.  Instead it was intended by the toddler’s guardian as a warning of the risks of touching a hot stove.  It was not intended as an arbitrary rule to see if the guardian would be obeyed, but a loving  warning of the risks of touching a stove that may burn you if you are unlucky and it is hot. The warning is that the risk is NOT  worth the reward. 

The Bible was written in Hebrew, not English.  I have blogged previously that because of a mistranslation of dominion for steward, the passage should have really been,  Genesis 1:26: “And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness and let them have stewardship over fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon the earth.” 

Maybe they aren’t the Ten Commandments after all.  Maybe they are the Owner’s Manual about how we are supposed to operate our lives.   Kinda puts a different spin on it, doesn’t it.  The owner’s manual is not an arbitrary set of rules.  It is how to best operate that piece of equipment. Please read it and heed the warnings.