From Gary... BETTER (for you)

I downloaded this picture quite some time ago and placed a title on it, called "a better PJ".  And it is better (i.e. more convenient) than the pj sandwiches I grew up with; but since I first saw this, I have switched to a better pj (better for you). Mine, is on smart ones pocket bread (only 2 weight watchers points) and a triple portion pb2 (peanut butter with 85% less fat= 3 ww points for 36 grams) and no jelly.  My guess for the sandwich in the picture (without the jelly) would be 10 points.  Sometimes, it takes a bit of creativity to do something better and I wonder- What if God decided to do something better? For the answer to this, I will turn to the book of Hebrews (and for the sake of brevity, only list one of the eleven pertinent passages)...

Hebrews, Chapter 8 (WEB)

 1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,  2 a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.  3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.  4 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;  5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”  6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.  7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.  8 For finding fault with them, he said, 
“Behold, the days come”, says the Lord,
“that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
  9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers,
in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
for they didn’t continue in my covenant,
and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.
  10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel.
After those days,” says the Lord;
“I will put my laws into their mind,
I will also write them on their heart.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
  11 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen,
and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for all will know me,
from their least to their greatest.

Just obeying a law is fine, but having the attitude of the one who designed that law is a whole other thing.  It goes beyond just obedience and leads straight to the human heart that is full of understanding coupled with love for the designer.  Now that is better; and I might add- better for you!!!!