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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Sacred Vs. Secret

Recently I was reading in the book of Numbers. In the particular chapter God gives detailed instruction on how to cover the sacred things of the tabernacle. Certain things were to be covered with a specific type of material and a particular color etc. of course all having rich symbolic meaning. That left me asking, in modern times what is that we find sacred enough to cover with great care? In every religion there are things held sacred and typically out of regular public view, treated with a great amount of privacy and respect. With that in mind I see that we all revere our bodies as sacred, our most precious religious symbols and knowledge sacred, our families, our feelings, our love and much more. I just would like to add my opinion, it is easy to divide what is held sacred vs. what is held as a secret. It's all in the motivation of the action. Things we keep secret typically are things we just don't want the world to know for whatever personal reason, things we hold sacred we keep from being skewed, mocked or harmed by those who would oppose us. Lets be respectful of the things others hold sacred.

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