Happy (almost) prep day central USA! Today was an overwhelming busy day for me. I look forward to being productive tomorrow in prep for shabbat. I know everyone has earned their day of rest this week. Welcome it with great joy, for it will also be the first day of the 12th month! Where does the time go? What an amazing thing it must be to experience time all at once! Yah is amazing! Shalom!

For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
#exodus 22:9 #mishpatim

If someone falsely accuses someone else of stealing, then the false accuser must be treated as a thief.

God's rule is that a false accuser should always be given the same punishment he intended for his victim. We could avoid a lot of injustice if we enforced that rule in our own civil courts.

If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.
#exodus 22:6 #mishpatim

The key in dealing with accidental damages is restitution. The idea is not to punish someone for making a mistake, but to make it right. Punitive damages for negligence should be strictly limited regardless of the resources of the perpetrator.

A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
Proverbs 19:28 ESV

If someone mocks God's standards of justice, you can't trust him in anything else either. He has already rejected the only solid, objective standard of morality that exists, so you can never even know how he defines truth and honesty. He can explain it to you all day long and you still can't know because his very life is a lie.

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve.
#proverbs 19:15 TLV

Laziness hypnotizes a person and makes him blind to his own needs. Because he failed to recognize his needs beforehand, he won't have what he needs to meet them when the time comes.

So I'm definitely sick. Got something in my lungs and it's bad. Can't smoke weed so I ate a few edibles and fell asleep. I thought my lungs were going to explode from pain and again, Yahuah's medicine to the rescue! HalleluYah! Gouda morning!

On this date in history, 02/08/1797: John Adams is elected the 2nd President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson is elected Vice President. Read Adams' inaugural address at the link. #otd #tdih https://www.historycarper.com/....1797/03/04/john-adam

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Lily Portion for Today: Thursday February 08

It is only true love that is eternal. Only true love has the quality of eternity in a human’s brief stay on earth. (Prayer: Father, You are true Love. Thank You that through the example of Yeshua, we can experience that Love. Guide my family through Your Holy Spirit so that our love can live and flourish, amein)