October is just days away and we are preparing for the Days of Awe. It is interesting how the world that we live in seems to have forgotten the awe of the Lord. As Jews across the world look at the coming weeks as a time to be inscribed into the book of life for the coming year; how awesome it would be for the world as a whole to be awestruck by the immensity and the wonder of HaShem. Here in the Charlotte area killings, protests and riots have become the topics of discussion. What would the world be like if we all realized that those things that we so frequently place such great value in were weighed against the immensity of the creator, sustainer and deliverer of humanity? What would happen if we all discovered that the "Ahavah HaShem", the love of HaShem was greater than the hatefulness of man?

The Days of Awe are often thought to be a time of dread. The reality is that this is a time to remember the provision of the Lord. Only through His divine providence based on His Awe inspiring Love is there a means of being inscribed in the Book of Life. His love has been expressed in the person of Messiah that the wrath of HaShem would be poured out on Him once and for all. Even as we come into the midst of these High Holy Days let us not forget Deuteronomy 10:12;

"And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul."

Love the Lord your God with all of your being and let that love spill over onto and into the world around you. In so doing let the trivial things of this world pass by and store up for yourself treasures that will never tarnish, fade or deteriorate. Build up for yourself the true treasures of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.