South Park, Colorado
There's something missing in this picture: Something that allows people to come and go, something that secures the residence when they are sleeping. A door serves an important function for every home.
Over the years the door to this structure has disappeared. As a result, the inside and outside of this structure look much the same. Granted, the fact that there is no roof also aids in this appearance.
"So again Jesus said to them, 'Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep." John 10:7 New Revised Standard Version
Through the merits of Jesus Christ we have been declared his sheep, and as his sheep Jesus is the door, the gate, by which we find protection and adventure.
Jesus is the door through whom we find a life of adventure. We don't often think of the Christian faith this way, but life is a daily adventure for those of us who have been baptized into Christ and declared to be his flock. It is the adventure of faith, walking through this world with the armor of God. (Ephesians 6:10-20)
Jesus is the door through whom we also experience protection from those things that would rip out our souls. He protects us from demeaning attacks of the world. He protects us from the devil's flaming arrows. He protects us from our own sinful desires.
Jesus is the door. Without this door there is no true adventure; there is no protection.
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Over the years the door to this structure has disappeared. As a result, the inside and outside of this structure look much the same. Granted, the fact that there is no roof also aids in this appearance.
"So again Jesus said to them, 'Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep." John 10:7 New Revised Standard Version
Through the merits of Jesus Christ we have been declared his sheep, and as his sheep Jesus is the door, the gate, by which we find protection and adventure.
Jesus is the door through whom we find a life of adventure. We don't often think of the Christian faith this way, but life is a daily adventure for those of us who have been baptized into Christ and declared to be his flock. It is the adventure of faith, walking through this world with the armor of God. (Ephesians 6:10-20)
Jesus is the door through whom we also experience protection from those things that would rip out our souls. He protects us from demeaning attacks of the world. He protects us from the devil's flaming arrows. He protects us from our own sinful desires.
Jesus is the door. Without this door there is no true adventure; there is no protection.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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