tonight i went to a church service that i had never been to before and the message was about our spiritual family. i had a great night in general, which included moto and starbucks, but the best part of my night was getting to worship my savior and learn more about him. the message was really long and it was all about treating everybody that knows God like a brother or a sister. there was one analogy in particular that stuck out to me, and that's what i want to share with yall. the pastor demonstrated this very well by getting two guys from the audience and putting them on either side of him. they were standing on stairs and each guy was one step higher than the guy behind him. the guy on top represented a spiritual leader, and "had a hold on Christ." The guy holding his hand looked up to him and followed his example. The guy behind the second guy followed the second guy, and this would have continued down the line. the pastor, who was the guy in the middle, walked away--walking away from God. The guy behind him was not connected to the guy on top, and this created a gap between the first and third guys. since following the middle man's example was all the third guy knew, he walked away from God, too. this is not to say that we should look to others for our all time influences or that we are perfect in any way. but we look up to people, and other people look up to us. we should always try our hardest to get closer to Christ, pulling the guy behind us along, too, since we have his hand. don't be the gap that sets the rest of the line apart. always practice what you preach.
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