FALLING...

Our kids are on Spring break this week so they decided to get out and try some rock climbing at ROKC.

They had a blast…and got a workout.

When I arrived around lunchtime, they were scattered throughout the gym scaling walls like pros.

One of our kids is pretty scared of heights….and when I walked in, he was up at the top hanging on to the slimmest of ledges about 25 or 30 feet high.

There were big kids and small kids, people of all ages from the generationally challenged down to toddlers, those with experience and first-timers…

Everyone was having a blast…even if they were high enough to break their neck if they fell….

And they did fall….again….and again….and again…but they never got hurt.

Why?

They wore a safety harness….so when they fell…it was a very slow fall back to solid ground.

Can you imagine if they were free climbing 30 feet in the air with no harness?

They would not have been laughing and racing up and down the walls for sure…..they would have maybe climbed a few feet off the ground and stopped.

But the harness, not only kept them safe, it freed them up to take risks and climb to heights they would never have gone.

The harness is a game-changer.

And so is the Gospel.

This Sunday, we continue our series, “Jesus the Story Teller” from Luke 16. In this story, Jesus is going to challenge the religious, who were depending on their performance, with the good news that Jesus would not only fulfill the law but would take the punishment for our sin offering us forgiveness and peace with God.

We are free to live without fearing the consequences of our sins…Jesus has already covered it.

I hope to see you on Sunday 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