The Not So Old Old-Testament

The title seems a little bit strange huh? I would agree, you see right now I am trying to read the bible in 90 days and it is awesome, but I've been making these weird connections. Like most people I always kind of wondered why the Old-Testament was in the same book as the New, I mean that's what Jesus was for right? to wipe out all of the boring stuff (Leviticus), so as I sat here reading Deuteronomy I began to wonder why God included the Old-Testament in the Bible. Naturally my first thought was something like "so that we are thankful that Jesus came so we wouldn't waste so many animals," but then I read Deuteronomy 8:5 which states "Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you." As that verse began to soak in I came to the realization that maybe just maybe the Old-Testament still reigns true today in may ways. Sure we don't live by the standard of "an eye for an eye" anymore except for in Call of Duty and Mario-Cart, and maybe we don't get lost in a desert for 40 years, which probably never would have happened if Siri was around, but many of the values are still there. "love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul"-Deu. 11:13;  "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."-Joshua 1:9 The Old-Testament talks about love and passion. It talks a lot about sacrifice and kindness. Caring for the poor was still just as important as it is today, and above all it talks about this idea of this creator, someone so mighty that he breathed life into dust, I don't know about you but if you were to give me a pile of dust all I would make is a mess. But this creator instead turned it into a more than perfect version of you and me. The lessons that I have picked up so far from the "Old" Testament don't seem so old to me, we practice them everyday without even knowing it.