{"id":1520,"date":"2006-11-07T02:10:35","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T02:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/11\/learning-law.html"},"modified":"2006-11-07T02:10:35","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T02:10:35","slug":"learning-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/11\/learning-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Learning law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 119:12-13 expresses the psalmists commitment &#8212; to learn the law and to rehearse the rules. Thus:&#8221;<span class=\"sup\" \/>Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.&#8221; <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nHere the young psalmist blesses God (<em>baruk<\/em>) and petitions God to be the teacher; then the psalmist states that he will &#8220;rehearse\/recount&#8221; all the laws (<em>mishpat<\/em>).<br \/>\nWhat I hear is this: the heart set on God learns the Torah &#8212; by reading it regularly, listening to it longingly, and loving it with life.<br \/>\nDo you regularly read the Bible so that you listen to it? Or is it just something to analyze, study, break apart?<br \/>\nThe Torah students begin sessions with this prayer: &#8220;Blessed are you, O YHWH; teach me your laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 119:12-13 expresses the psalmists commitment &#8212; to learn the law and to rehearse the rules. Thus:&#8221;Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. 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