Day 24 of Bible in 365

Today was a hard read, very dry.  God was going through the rules with the Hebrews.  Don't do this, if you do you will die, don't let your animal do this if he does stone him.  Don't do this to your slave if you do you will loose your slave... I am telling you... dry.  At the same time I think of the flood.  God put an end to his creation because it had become so corrupt.  He hated what happened to them, hated it so much that it was better to end their lives then to let them continue living.  But then he promised never to do that again.
So, here he is creating such rules, and boundaries for his people.  I could imagine how much it burdens his heart.  It must hurt to have to say - do not sleep with an animal, or you will be put to death - I mean... I am sure it grieves his heart that his people have become to live in such a way that he has to spell these things out for them.  But he promised never to harm them again - so this is what he has to resort to.  It is just sad to me. 
I think of things I have done that have... I am sure... grieved the Lords heart...  I do not want to be like that, I want to be like David and be a daughter after His own heart... not grieve it.
All that to say - reading these declarations of what to do and not to do is sad, it is not God's first plan I am sure, He had better dreams for his people, yet... we are human... we were human then and we still are.  We have flaws and a week mind - lets do the best we can with that - k - k !