I just got around to uploading some pictures from various events over the past few months, and I came across some from last month’s trip to the Grand Canyon.  It was our fourth trip since moving to Arizona over three years ago.  This was the first time we’ve been when the shadows were heavily cast….beautiful.  I sat on the edge of the rim for a while, looking out at the shear size of the canyon.  The GC reminds me of two things every time I go:  (1) God is huge, and (2) I am small.  It’s funny, because usually in my life I change that list around.  I’m a huge deal and I make God small enough for me to understand.

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“Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus…”  -Philippians 1:1

You know, we all really treasure freedom.  Each and every person in the U.S. loves their freedom, and you can bet that those in other areas of the world who don’t have freedom certainly long for it.  We know from scripture that Christ has freed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (Galatians 3:13).

However, scripture also reveals to us that we are all slaves as well.  Romans 6:16 states, “Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?”

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