Consider Others Before Yourself

Today I read Deuteronomy 22 which is mostly about sexual sin of various kinds.  I must say that as I was reading this chapter I could not help but think to myself how if all this was practiced in this day and age how many people would need to be put to death.  For sure most of the celebrities because it states that if a a man and a woman are found in adultery they are to be put to death.  Likewise if a woman is married and found to not be a virgin, she is then to be put to death.  In this day and age that would certainly glean the population down to almost nothing!  Of course, most of this changed when Jesus came and forgave the woman taken in adultery.  And thanks to Satan and his centuries of influence we have really gotten away from what is pleasing to God.

The other part of this chapter is all about looking out for your brother.  It gives several examples such as if you see your brother's ox wandering loose, you are not to pretend you did not see it, but rather you are to go after it and get it and return it to your brother.  In answer to Cain's original question,  yes, you are your brother's keeper.  You should consider his loss as your own.  His sorrow as your own.  His joy as your own.  No man is an island the old saying goes and sure enough we need other people, our loved ones as surely as we need daily sustenance, or food.

It is very pleasing to Heavenly Father when we consider others as ourselves.  If we were to consider other people's happiness before our own, then there would be no wars, no contention.  It is the one single most important principle in a marriage.  If you keep your spouses' happiness as your primary goal there will be few arguments and no knock down drag out fights at all.  There would be no adultery.  Life would be so much happier if we would all consider others before ourselves.  Somewhere along the way we seem to have forgotten this very important principle.  We need to get back to it and our society will be wonderful because of it.  If you want to test it, just put it into practice and you will see.  Until tomorrow.