Give the Best You Have

Selections from Devarim/Words in Shoftim Deut. 16.18-21.9

Give the best you have to God
This is an offering without blemish

Who chooses God is chosen by God

Let Yah, God, (Yud-Heh-Vahv-Heh) put thoughts in our minds
Words in our mouths and actions in our hands

Enter the land God is giving you; occupy and settle it

Pursue justice and righteousness and in this way
Thrive and occupy the land of your holy inheritance

If something is baffling to you, go to a sacred place
Present your bafflement as an offering
Listen for wise guidance

What you hear from your intuition and conscience
Do it right away

Respect others’ boundaries

Don’t take bribes or gifts that blind you from wisdom
And pervert your words from speaking the way

Put judges and officers at all your gates
Watching what’s coming in your ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth
And what’s going out

Be fearless in battle even against overwhelming odds
God is with you

Never set yourself above anyone
Walk the middle path
Reign in enlightenment

Be wholehearted with God. With your life
Write your own Torah
Live that your life may become scripture

By keeping these letters near and looking daily into these teachings,
All through your life you will be enthroned