Hasn't all the snow been lovely? I am just struck by God's beautiful creation. No two snowflakes are exactly alike - each one is unique. And yet, all together snow comes together to impact our lives in a tremendous way. It creates a kind of quiet, solemn, pure beauty. It creates in instant playground for our kiddos. And it wrecks havoc on our lives - we have to adjust, make changes, stay put and rest.
What a beautiful picture of humanity... God created each one of us - no two of us are exactly alike. He gave each one of us physical, emotion, mental, and spiritual gifts that separate us. And yet, taken all together - human beings clearly can impact the world for change. We are beautiful and we can create beauty. We can play and work. And like snow, we also wreck havoc on those around us through our sin.
Last Sunday, Pastor Rick spoke about our Rescuer. What are we being rescued from? Who is doing the rescuing? And what are we being rescued to?
"Who is your Savior? The gifts of Jesus (i.e. church, fellowship with other believers, 12 step programs, etc.) or Jesus Himself? Christ's gifts are GOOD, but the make POOR saviors."
Who or what is saving you?
Are you looking to your mentor, friend or spouse to save you? Are you looking to him/her to heal your heart and all its hurts? Or are you going to the cross, on your knees, asking for the One True Savior, Jesus Christ to rescue you, to heal you? Because while mentors, friends and spouses are beautiful gifts from the Lord, they will fail you every time when you make them your savior.
