Wish I had my camera!
Here we were in church Sunday morning, and the preacher was throwing eggs at the wall. One or two heads jerked back (we did OK this with the janitor before it happened!!). And the point was very well made.
We may think we have everything under our own control. But when we hit the wall, we smash like an egg and drip all over. Even if we harden ourselves, we still break — maybe we don’t look quite as bad but we still break.
Then a kinder egg was thrown. The Kinder Egg has an outside shell that, when broken, reveals a new creation inside. That’s what we are looking for. Godliness — the new creation that is fashioned after God — and that new creation doesn’t splatter and spew all over the wall. The pressure of circumstance just begins to reveal and shine the light on the new creation!
Well, that’s my quick summary — there was much more. Thanks to John Enns-Wind for a great sermon!!
Well, that sermon illustration is one that can create a whole lot of meditation.
Even in the short version I am doing some thinking.
Have a great day.
MaryAnne