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Balloon Classic, Colorado Springs, Colorado
For some reason this picture reminds me of the Wizard of Oz, at least the scene towards the end of the movie where the Wizard leaves Dorothy behind and floats away to Kansas.
She was in despair. Dorothy was certain that she would never make it back to Kansas for "there's no place like home."
Despair is a terrible human emotion. Despair links its arms with hopelessness. God does not want us to live in hopelessness and despair.
We lapse into despair when we've lost our sense of home. Home is a place of belonging. It's the place "where everyone knows your name" and they love you anyway. Home is not a building, it's a community of acceptance. Despair finds no chair in the home of acceptance.
"Therefore, accept each other in the same way that Christ accepted you. He did this to bring glory to God." Romans 15:7 God's Word to the Nations
Acceptance in the Christian community is rooted in forgiveness and not in meeting some set of club rules. Jesus' blood shed for all is what creates community as our sin is washed away. This gift of forgiveness creates a home of acceptance in which all are welcome.
There truly is "no place like home" to battle feelings of despair.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
She was in despair. Dorothy was certain that she would never make it back to Kansas for "there's no place like home."
Despair is a terrible human emotion. Despair links its arms with hopelessness. God does not want us to live in hopelessness and despair.
We lapse into despair when we've lost our sense of home. Home is a place of belonging. It's the place "where everyone knows your name" and they love you anyway. Home is not a building, it's a community of acceptance. Despair finds no chair in the home of acceptance.
"Therefore, accept each other in the same way that Christ accepted you. He did this to bring glory to God." Romans 15:7 God's Word to the Nations
Acceptance in the Christian community is rooted in forgiveness and not in meeting some set of club rules. Jesus' blood shed for all is what creates community as our sin is washed away. This gift of forgiveness creates a home of acceptance in which all are welcome.
There truly is "no place like home" to battle feelings of despair.
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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