This Weekend

This Sunday evening my message title will be "You Look Better From A Distance". The sub-title is "Heaven's Perspective".
There's a pop song from the 80s that had this line in it: "People are people so why should it be you and I should get along so awfully?" Remember that one? I think it was either by Depeche Mode or Evie Tornquist. Think I heard her sing it at a Billy Graham crusade once.
Anyway, unfortunately, that question could be asked far too often in the church. At first everything is just tip-top, rosy, hunky-dory, peaches and cream with sugar on top. Then, one day, an ominous chord strikes on the sound track of your life as there's a conflict between you and someone else. We're then faced with a choice. We can let that conflict distance us from each other -or we can make every effort to live in peace with others.
Maybe we need a heavenly perspective when we look at each other. Are we really planning to avoid each others mansions when we get there? Eternity is an awfully long time. We're bound to bump into each other eventually. So what are we to do in the here and now? What does the Bible say about this? Join us!