Staving Staveley, Saving Sinners
At Staveley-in-Westmorland’s railways station is a tourism advertisement extolling the virtues of the Lake District to those using its trains. A montage combines various scenes, including a steamer and a family rowing a boat. Rather than seeing this as a beautiful panorama, I unfortunately thought it likely that the former is about crash into the latter, resulting in broken boats, broken holidays and broken bodies. Perhaps I ought to have enjoyed the picture as it was intended: various users of Windermere harmoniously enjoying its bounty. Am I too negative or cynical?
We Christians are sometimes thought to be a miserable bunch. We teach the corruption of human nature, the existence of evil spirits, the reality of hell, and the coming of an antichrist. Yet we also believe in a gracious God who is willing to save, a beautiful Saviour who bears our sin and a fantastic afterlife prepared for all who love Him. Now that’s positive.
- Log in to post comments