The Importance of Abiding
Robert Dawson
John 15:1-2
One of the popular ads for the 2011 Super Bowl was a Volkswagen commercial (on YouTube) that pictures a child dressed in a Darth Vader costume attempting to use ''the force'' around the house. With the familiar Star Wars music associated with Darth Vader playing in the background...
- The boy marches down the hallway and then raises his hands dramatically toward a dryer in the utility room-nothing happens.
- Next the young Darth points his hands at the family dog lying on the floor. The dog looks up quizzically-but again nothing happens. Darth does not give up.
- Now in the bedroom, he raises his hands forcefully toward a doll seated on the bed. The doll stares back blankly without budging an inch. Darth's arms drop to his sides in frustration, and he slumps in discouragement.
- In the kitchen, still in costume, he now stands dejectedly at the counter with his black-helmeted head on his hand. Then his father pulls into the driveway, and Darth runs out to the car as his father walks into the house. He hasn't given up! One more time he raises his hands and points them dramatically at the auto. He waits, hands upraised. Suddenly the car's yellow turn signals light up and the engine starts!
- The startled child stumbles backward. We see that the playful father had started the car from the kitchen using a push-button ignition. The amazed child whirls to look toward the house, then back again toward the car. Cr aig Brian Larson, Arlington Heights, Illinois
I love that commercial. What's not to love? It's cute. It's Star Wars. In addition, I know, even as a believer, how the little guy feels. We all do.
- Life often reveals how powerless we really are. It can be frustrating and discouraging.
- We know the disappointment of trying extremely hard to affect change in ...
- Our own lives.
- There are relationships we struggle with.
- There are fears we wrestle with.
- There are sins, attitudes and de ...
Robert Dawson
John 15:1-2
One of the popular ads for the 2011 Super Bowl was a Volkswagen commercial (on YouTube) that pictures a child dressed in a Darth Vader costume attempting to use ''the force'' around the house. With the familiar Star Wars music associated with Darth Vader playing in the background...
- The boy marches down the hallway and then raises his hands dramatically toward a dryer in the utility room-nothing happens.
- Next the young Darth points his hands at the family dog lying on the floor. The dog looks up quizzically-but again nothing happens. Darth does not give up.
- Now in the bedroom, he raises his hands forcefully toward a doll seated on the bed. The doll stares back blankly without budging an inch. Darth's arms drop to his sides in frustration, and he slumps in discouragement.
- In the kitchen, still in costume, he now stands dejectedly at the counter with his black-helmeted head on his hand. Then his father pulls into the driveway, and Darth runs out to the car as his father walks into the house. He hasn't given up! One more time he raises his hands and points them dramatically at the auto. He waits, hands upraised. Suddenly the car's yellow turn signals light up and the engine starts!
- The startled child stumbles backward. We see that the playful father had started the car from the kitchen using a push-button ignition. The amazed child whirls to look toward the house, then back again toward the car. Cr aig Brian Larson, Arlington Heights, Illinois
I love that commercial. What's not to love? It's cute. It's Star Wars. In addition, I know, even as a believer, how the little guy feels. We all do.
- Life often reveals how powerless we really are. It can be frustrating and discouraging.
- We know the disappointment of trying extremely hard to affect change in ...
- Our own lives.
- There are relationships we struggle with.
- There are fears we wrestle with.
- There are sins, attitudes and de ...
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