After long training (forty years!) the people are addressed by Moses as if they are capable of doing what they have been created and saved to do: live as the people of God in the Promised Land of God. Live holy lives. Live the creation-salvation revolution. It has taken them a long time to grow up. They are now poised at the threshold of maturity and called to love. Love is our most mature act as human beings. Both statistically and sermonically, the word love holds a prominent place in Deuteronomy. Does that surprise you?
