On my way home from work the other day, I pulled into my neighborhood and as I was making my way through the streets my eye caught something on the side of the road. At first the only thing which defined it was the color – red. I slowed down and began gazing inquisitively at what seemed kind of odd to be on the roadside. What the heck was a decorative pillow doing on the side of the road? For real…when does a person decide, “I don’t want this pillow anymore, so I think I’ll throw it out the window?” I have to be honest. This is not the first weird thing I’ve seen on the roadside. My favorite roadside object ever is a mattress. Anyone else confused about a mattress being on the side of a well-traveled road? How could you not realize that you just lost a mattress strapped to the top of your car or flying out the bed of your truck? Come on, people! There are some things which are mysteriously out of place.Many times I feel out of place…like I don’t belong where I am. I look around our world and see all the crazy stuff happening – the hotly-debated presidential election, the failing economy, and the insane atrocities happening in other countries such as poverty, disease, and genocide. Is this what I was made for? Am I supposed to feel good about being here? Peter wrote to hurting believers in the early church and reminded them that they would feel out of place. He writes, “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Peter 2:11-12). Although, as followers of Christ, we may feel like we do not belong here, Peter challenges us to live righteous and have gracious conduct before a lost world. How can this be accomplished? Remember that earth is not the final dwelling place for those who have faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for their sins. Our hope is in a place where “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:4). But while I am here, I want tell others how they also can have forgiveness of sin and hope because “God is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).Roadside Mystery
On my way home from work the other day, I pulled into my neighborhood and as I was making my way through the streets my eye caught something on the side of the road. At first the only thing which defined it was the color – red. I slowed down and began gazing inquisitively at what seemed kind of odd to be on the roadside. What the heck was a decorative pillow doing on the side of the road? For real…when does a person decide, “I don’t want this pillow anymore, so I think I’ll throw it out the window?” I have to be honest. This is not the first weird thing I’ve seen on the roadside. My favorite roadside object ever is a mattress. Anyone else confused about a mattress being on the side of a well-traveled road? How could you not realize that you just lost a mattress strapped to the top of your car or flying out the bed of your truck? Come on, people! There are some things which are mysteriously out of place.Many times I feel out of place…like I don’t belong where I am. I look around our world and see all the crazy stuff happening – the hotly-debated presidential election, the failing economy, and the insane atrocities happening in other countries such as poverty, disease, and genocide. Is this what I was made for? Am I supposed to feel good about being here? Peter wrote to hurting believers in the early church and reminded them that they would feel out of place. He writes, “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Peter 2:11-12). Although, as followers of Christ, we may feel like we do not belong here, Peter challenges us to live righteous and have gracious conduct before a lost world. How can this be accomplished? Remember that earth is not the final dwelling place for those who have faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for their sins. Our hope is in a place where “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:4). But while I am here, I want tell others how they also can have forgiveness of sin and hope because “God is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).Sorry, Comments are Closed.
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