Tassels

first, i must tell you about this wonderful group of ladies that meet at my house each wednesday night for bible study. we have studied together, laughed together, shared our hearts, and prayed for each other. and the best part...i'm the youngest one! i am blessed to sit among these women each week. i can only hope that a portion of their wisdom will rub off onto me. for now, i am soaking it all in.
we have been inductively studying various books of the bible, and recently finished exodus. we decided to take a "lighter load" for the summer and chose to go through a 6-week, "no homework" bible study titled LIVING LIKE YOU BELONG TO GOD. i was honestly expecting it to be a little watered-down after studying a book like exodus. well it has proved to be anything but that.
so at the end of bible study last wednesday, one of the ladies opens up a small bag and gives us each a tassel. we all squealed in excitement. i never thought i would be so excited about a tassel. why you may ask...well last week we were reading numbers 15:37-41.
"the Lord spoke to moses saying, 'speak to the sons of israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations...that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, so that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.'"
neat right? God so desired for His people to be set apart, that He had them wear tassels to remind them that they are to be holy...for who? for God. God knew his people well. He knew that their hearts were deceitful. "harlot" is the term He used to describe them. so many times i play the harlot and follow my own desires. but God has called me His own. and with that comes responsibility. i am to reflect His holiness. my life should be so different than the world that it compares to the difference between light and darkness.
my tassel now hangs on my key chain. i hope it will be a reminder that God has called me to be uncommon. and of course, it will always remind me of my community of spiritual mommas in bham.