180 A Tennis Ball (Deut 27)

So, I've had the new car for a little while now.
Everything's going well.
Super!
A few weeks ago I was going through the manuals. Mainly the one for the stereo. I just can't seem to change the clock. Grrr.
Anyway I discovered a receipt from a few years back.
$150 for the installation of a Pioneer Sound System.
Sweet! The stereo was installed by a professional.
Part two of this episode then jumps to me pulling the stereo out so I could check the speaker connections.
Oh it's not screwed in.
Odd.
Oh the bracket is wrapped in electrician's tape so it can jam into the hole.
Odder.
And what's this supporting the stereo and stop it falling onto the floor?
A tennis ball!
Cunningly sliced so that it is pinned between the stereo and the rear of the console.
Super odd.
Of course I could be leaping to huge jump in logic here, but............
Maybe, just maybe ingenuity has a price......
$150.
The receipt is from a business in Hobart. One which I will refrain from using.
Just in case.

Deuteronomy 27
How do you convey an important message to lots of people without the internet or sms or TV?
You don't do it all yourself.
Moses joins with first the elders of Israel and then with the priests to ensure the importance of the commandments is impressed upon the people.
The selection of uncarved rocks to build an altar, the reciting of God's law, the promise to fulfill that law, all adds up to something.
Something....
Something....
Something....
Hmmmmm.






Conditions of entry?
Knowing God and understanding some of God will get you to a point.
All that knowledge means diddly bubcus though, if you don't practice it.
The derge and drone of repetition will not bring change.
It may numb you to the consequences, but change comes through action.
Do what you say.
Do what is right.
Turn away from that which is not.
Love God.
Love your neighbour.
In the Old Testament, follow the law.
That's a start, at very least.
That's where the Israelites are at.
A start.