Whoville | Crosstraining 12.13.12

Mark 7:14-23 I love watching people at family Christmas parties. At most of them, people tend to start off very happy and cordial. Everything seems like it is going great. However, at many family gatherings, the niceties quickly wear off. Grandma says something embarrassing, an uncle gets a little handsy with an in-law, mom tries to teach someone how to be a good parent, or age old issues start creeping up. Eventually, the holiday happiness gives way to the typical family bickering, or, better yet, underhanded complements and passive aggressive comments. While this doesn’t happen at every family gathering, it is pretty typical of how we often operate. This is because what’s inside of a person will eventually come out. We can try to pretend to be something different than we are or pretend we feel differently about something that we do, but, often, the front only lasts so long. The key isn’t to try to fake it like you are a good person, it is to try to allow God to change you from the inside out. God wants to make you a better person, but it doesn’t happen by just acting better. God sent his son to die on the cross for our sin, so we could go to heaven one day. But, he also died for us, so that he could change us from the inside out.]]>