Photo ©2024 by Amber Jurgensen
Commentary ©2024 by Russell Jurgensen
Thursday and Friday, June 20 and 21, 2024
When Amber showed me this photo, it seemed pretty funny. Apparently, someone poured a fresh concrete curb near a parking spot. It must not have been long before someone drove over one side while it was still wet. Then another car (or maybe the same one) drove over the other side. It even looks like someone stepped on it. It looks like a disaster.
Whatever disaster we find in our lives, we can trust that Jesus will treat us with love and, very importantly, kindness. We have an example of this in the story of the woman brought to Jesus. Here is the last part.
Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
“No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
John 8:10,11
Maybe there were some simple things that could have been done to avoid the curb disaster like setting some cones around it while it dried. It will be harder to fix now than before. It might be like that in life where some things are hard to fix. But at least we know God is on our side and will give us strength and encouragement.