Keep your soul diligently

Working my way back through the early chapters of Deuteronomy, I am once again impressed with how often Moses emphasized the need to pay attention. Phrases like "take care" or "keep your soul diligently" or "watch yourselves very carefully" occur over and over again in the context of their relationship with YHWH. Moses understood what Eugene Peterson was referring to when he said, "Nothing is more common in the life of the Spirit than to begin right and to end wrong."