December 17 · Mercy
December 17: Mercy
Deuteronomy 7:2
“and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them.”
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Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 7:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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Morning
On the way out, whisper Deuteronomy 7:2. It says, “and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with…” Name one ordinary thing — a backpack, a sibling, a teacher — that this verse can touch.
Bedtime prayer
God, we bring you December 17. Let “and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with…” be the last loud sentence in this house. Keep us, and keep the people we love. Amen.
Challenge
Do one quiet kindness that matches the idea in Deuteronomy 7:2.