 |
|
An
Outreach Publication of the Church of Christ at
Creekwood |
|
Lifted Above By
the main warehouses that are down by the river in a
particular town there is a daily operation that
occurs. In order for the barges to be able to come in
and out, the channel has to be dredged often.
When the sand is dredged from the bottom of the
river and is dumped on the riverbank, huge sand hills
are created upon which children love to play.
However, these mounds can be very dangerous.
When the sand comes out of the river bottom,
it's wet and it creates a crust on the top of the
hills. A person can climb to the top of one of these
mounds and it will collapse causing the person to sink
down inside the mound and be covered instantly by the
sand. Several
years ago two brothers didn't come home for dinner and
their bikes were found outside the fence where the
dredging had taken place. The brothers’ family and
other rescue workers began to search frantically for
the two brothers. They finally found one of them. He
was buried up to his chin in the sand. Because of the
pressure of the wet sand and muck around him, he was
not breathing; so they began to dig frantically. When
they uncovered him down to his waist he regained
consciousness and the family, in hysterics, began to
say, “Where's your brother? Where's your brother?
Where's your brother?” The
boy replied, “I'm standing on his
shoulders.” * The
one brother had given his life so that the other might
be saved! Jesus demonstrated this “greater love” by giving His life for you and for me. When we were sinking into the depths of sin, Jesus bore the weight of our sins on the cross (1 Peter 2:24) providing the means of our salvation. He invites each of us to “stand on His shoulders” so that you and I can be saved. We
can be saved by the merits of Christ’s death on the
cross if we believe
in Him “I
Was Sinking Deep In Sin, Far From The Peaceful Shore, Won’t you allow the love of Jesus to lift YOU from the deadly depths of sin? -- David A. Sargent, Minister Church
of Christ at Creekwood *
Adapted from Tom Moore, Avenue T Church of Christ To Subscribe to "Living Water" send a blank e-mail to:
HTML version: subscribe-livingwater@lyris.dundee.net Follow this link to locate the church of Christ nearest you: www.churchzip.com Archived issues of "Living Water" can be accessed from our website at: www.creekwoodcc.org
|