Grace in Perspective...

Several months ago, Leigh-Ann and I were able to take a trip together to watch Dallas play in a soccer tournament out West. We love to explore and see new things, so after the games were over, we decided to take a ride to the top of a mountain on a Gondola.

This was a blast. Literally…a blast of cold air at the top 😊(sorry about that dad joke).

The Gondola could handle about 30-40 people and when we boarded, the operator told us that we would actually be rotating while we traveled up the cable to the top of the mountain.
The G-Car would complete a full 360-degree turn every 3-4 minutes.

When it started to rotate, we were given instructions to stand still and slowly move our hands along the safety handles so everyone could see the mountain views from every perspective.

Unfortunately, a few of the people (who I’m pretty sure couldn’t understand the operator) did the opposite…They gripped the handle while the floor started turning and stepped in the opposite direction.

This created quite a pile-up…

Instead of enjoying the changing scenery and perspective as the G-Car rotated in a circle, they were hanging on to the security handle and looking at the floor trying to figure out why it was moving.

This is sad…but probably familiar if we are honest with our own perspective.

How often do you and I become fearful because something is unfamiliar and look down to attempt to figure it out, while we should be looking at the changing scenery and perspective with gratitude?

This Sunday, we are going to study the various perspectives of grace. In fact, the closer we get to know Jesus the more we will understand grace. He was full of grace (Jn. 1:14). We will continue our sermon series through the Book of Galatians, entitled, Deep Faith in the Gospel of Grace” by studying Paul’s defense of grace from Galatians 1:10-24.

I sure hope to see you on Sunday in the Crossroads at 8:00, 9:15 (Full KidCity available), or 10:45 am, or you can watch the Livestream on YouTube (Like and Subscribe) or Facebook at 9:15 am. Additionally, we are also publishing our sermons on Spotify.

Have a great evening,
Troy

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