"It's About You, It's About You" -- Dan K.

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Quick recap:

It's the end of Deuteronomy, Moses is about to die, the Israelites are about to enter the Holy Land.


God is talking, yakkity-yak, as usual—

"If you follow my commandments, I’ll give you land, children, a shave and a haircut (two bits).
If you sin… you’re ass is grass, and I’m gonna start a brushfire!"

(more or less)

The main rule: “…turn unto the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul…” (Deut. 30:10)

Heart and Soul?

Cue Tom Hanks on that Big piano!


Now check out verses 12 and 13—

“This commandment… it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off… It is not in heaven… neither is it beyond the sea…”

Somewhere…
Waiting for me…

Oh, ya gotta love Bobby Darin!


But wait! I’m gonna fill in those ellipses:

Verses 12-14 in their entirety—

God says, regarding the commandment to love the Almighty:

“It is not in heaven, that thou should say, ‘Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it and do it?’

“Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou should say, ‘Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it and do it?’

“But the word is very night unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart that thou mayest do it.”

Woah!

E.T. anyone?

At the end of the movie, as the cute lil’ alien is about to leave on his spaceship, he says goodbye and tells his friend: “Elliot… I’ll be right… here.”
And the adorable E.T. points his glowing finger right at Elliot’s crotch.

Heart! I meant heart! He points to Elliot’s heart.


Precious.


Well, guess what! That little alien bastard totally ripped off God!


God was there first, you Muppet Show reject!

(ahem)

I am not really angry with E.T.—he is the most endearing extraterrestrial character in the history of cinema (except for the dancing alien at the end of “Spaceballs”— “Hello, my baby! Hello, my honey…”— Classic!)

“But good for God! The Almighty tells the Israelites, “Don’t gimme any excuses. Religious satisfaction, holiness, being a good person isn’t OUT THERE somewhere.
(That’s where the Truth is… Mulder)
“You don’t need to go searching for it. God, faith, kindness, love, whatever you want to call it—it’s inside of you! Each and every one of you.”

God was speaking to the people, through Moses (Deut. 31:1) for one of the last times. God knew the people were gonna be all, “Oh no! Moses is dying, what ever shall we do? We need a leader!”

Relax!

You don’t need to rely on Moses to talk to God “up in heaven” or go over “beyond the sea”— because the word of God is in your “hearts and mouths.” True success, victory, harmony—it all starts inside you.


After all, people were created in “God’s image” (Genesis 1:26, 5:1). So just take a look at yourself. BAM! There’s God.

And even if you don’t believe in God… believe in E.T. !

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