This morning, after getting in the car to go to work, I started examining the vehicle's windows, as it can sometimes get boring on a long drive...assuming you aren't driving.
Anyway, after looking closely at the window for a while and the frost that it had collected, I started thinking that the image looked a lot like someones life portrayed in a picture. What I saw was this: A window, which represents our lives, both spiritual and physical. The Frost, which represents who we are, and what we do in our lives. What made me sad was the number of fractures, bald spots, and inconsistencies. These represent the parts of our lives that are incomplete, inconsistent, sinful, and otherwise lacking the presence of Jesus Christ. As I looked to every other window in the car, I noticed the same thing. All of them had fractures, inconsistencies, bald spots, etc. This is a good analogy for every man/woman in the world. We all have our 'bald spots', inconsistencies, and 'fractures'. Without Christ, we all have these things in our spiritual and physical lives. With Him, these things are gone. I'm afraid I can't think of a window based analogy to fit the picture of salvation, but I promise you, salvation exists.
~A Reborn.
Wow! That is an amazing analogy! It is truly inspiring to see in the simplest of objects metaphors for the conflicts we face in our life, and just a metaphor of life in general.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny you brought that up- I just remembered when I was really young- maybe 7 or 8, that my mom was putting a big blanket on her bed and I remembered thinking how the blanket represented life. If someone wasn't there to give it a good shake and make it all smooth, then it ended up having all these creases and ripples in it. Not quite as deep as the frost on a window analogy, but at least it got me thinking. :D
And as far as a window-based analogy for Salvation, maybe salvation IS a window. It lets the light in. :)
~knightranger :)
Yes! Salvation IS a window. It just depends on whether you are willing to use that window or not.
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