It’s #FiveMinuteFriday of a different kind for me! This is simple but oh, so good. Hope you enjoy my take on “Ten”.

All three of My Three Sons have played the same part in a church Christmas play over the course of ten years or so. It was one of my favorites the very first time I heard it and I have never tired of it. Angels Aware has some of the best stick-with-you songs ever!

When my youngest, Korey Ross, now 23, played it about twelve years ago, he had strep throat. Had to leave practice the day of the first performance to go to the ER for meds. How he ever pulled off the lead with a temperature and strep is beyond me but he did it. Memories!

The Perfect Ten is a wonderfully simple rendition of The Ten Commandments in rhyme. In the play, ten children stood in a line and held up placards with their number on it when it came their turn in the song. So adorable because some of them would have the numbers upside down, inside out or just couldn’t quite get it to where it needed to be. Of course you pick the littlest ones for this song for sure audience approval!

But the message was never lost. Take a look at the words:

Number one, we’ve just begun, God should be first in your life (Matthew 6:33)

Number two’s the idol rule, those graven images aren’t right (Romans 1:23)

Number three God’s name should be never spoken in jest (Deuteronomy 5:11)

Number four the Sabbath’s for our worship and for rest (Isaiah 58:13)

Number five we all should strive to honor father and mother (Ephesians 6:1-3)

Number six don’t get your kicks from killing one another (Matthew 5:21-26)

Number seven life is heaven when you’re true to your mate (Romans 7:2)

Number eight don’t steal or break these rules for goodness sake (1 Cor. 6:9, 10)

Number nine don’t be the kind who goes around telling lies (Proverbs 12:22)

Number ten don’t covet when you see your neighbor’s house, or wife (Romans 7:7)

That’s the list that God insists we stay away from these sins,

That is why we memorize commandments one through ten!

The Perfect Ten, The Perfect Ten, they’re just as good as they were way back when

The Perfect Ten, The Perfect Ten, let’s say them once again…

They are perfect because they were God-breathed, God-inspired and written by the finger of God!

Many say that the Old Testament is not for us today. Of course we no longer participate in animal sacrifice, thank goodness, but these rules, these guidelines and commandments are still to be taken seriously in our walk with the Lord.

Enjoy the song and dwell on the verses today as we strive to be more like Jesus and share Him with a lost and dying world! And if you were ever in Angels Aware, what part did you play and do you remember the songs??

 

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