Putting things in the proper perspective

I remember when we learned about drawing with "perspective" in school. Before we knew about the "vanishing point" our drawing were flat, warped, and you couldn't really tell the difference between what someone younger drew vs. what we drew except for the fact that the lines were a light more straight.

The drawings had depth. They mirrored life. It made me feel like I could really draw, when in reality I couldn't draw any better, I just had an understanding of the rules.

Christianity isn't that much different. There are a lot of people that try to live Christianity, but they don't have the right perspective. Their lives struggle to mirror the reality that God has for us, but it's slightly off.

Every once in a while it's nice to get a reminder... to draw things back into a sharp focus.

³ For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. ⁴ But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. ⁸ The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. Titus 3:3-8

The proper Christian perspective is to remember what life was like before we knew Christ, and that He saved us from a life of sin not because of who we are, but through His own love and mercy.

Let us struggle to remember that and have it reflected in our own lives.