K.I.S.S.

Recently our pastor has been talking about many Jewish traditions and symbols. One is the Mezuzah (ma-zoo-za). It is a little canister that you put on the door frame of your house. In it is a scroll with the "Shema" which is a quote from Deuteronomy 6:
"Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."

When Jesus comes to Earth we find that he is loving toward the people with heavy burdens, and has difficult words for the scribes and teachers. When one asks him to define the most important law, Jesus comes back to the Mezuzah & Shema in Mark 12:
Jesus responded, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these” 

Sometimes I get the feeling that non-christians don't want to be christians because of the burdens of do's and don'ts. The truth is, living as a christian is the way we really want to live. Really - love others as you love yourself. 

Keep it simple.