Heaven on Earth?

Deuteronomy 8.  

Since Eden, humanity has always sought to regain paradise lost.  What sinful humanity most often seems to want is paradise without God.  Moses reminds the Israelites that their entering into the Promised Land will not be by their own virtue, but because God keeps his promises, even ones made to their fathers, long dead.  

Yet, God is indeed the God of the living, and those who believe in Christ will have salvation and life in Him.  

Hymn of the day: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing 

Engraving: (subject is Moses with the Ten Commandments and the Israelites).