The Plumbline

I read a little bit of a funny quip the other day: "Any product that needs a manual to work is broken." (Elon Musk) If we stop for just a moment to consider the wisdom in that statement, we might just be humbled right into understanding why God gave us the scripture! The scripture is, after all, the manual for living! That must mean we are broken - for the manual was written for us! As broken as we are - God has made a way for us to come to an understanding of our brokenness and find a way back to wholeness - through his Son, Jesus. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6 ESV) Man does not always embrace this idea of coming to an understanding of one's brokenness, though. As broken, we see ourselves as "unable" or "incapacitated" when it comes to performing some task, overcoming some obstacle, or facing some challenge head on. We don't like feeling a little he...

Now that you have welcomed the Anointed One, Jesus the Lord, into your lives, continue to journey with Him  and allow Him to shape your lives.  Let your roots grow down deeply in Him, and let Him build you up on a firm foundation. Be strong in the faith, just as you were taught, and always spill over with thankfulness. ( Colossians 2:6-7   VOICE ) I have been across dams which span a phenomenal distance - truly architectural engineering artwork indeed. I have also walked atop smaller, more "humanly made" dams which sort of "back water up" so it doesn't escape too quickly from a particular area and serve as small "bridges" between one side of the river and the other. The differences between the two are monumental (no pun intended). The ones made by stacking rocks one upon another in order to slow the flow of water serve a purpose, but they pale in comparison to those erected hundreds of feet into the air, spanning across huge divides, and holding bac...