The Great Divide
Luke 16:19-31
Dr. James Merritt
INTRODUCTION
1. One of the most fun trips I have ever taken in my life was years ago when my wife and three sons went out west to Colorado, and spent a week in a part of the country we had never been in before. We did everything from horseback riding to white water rafting, to just exploring the great outdoors.
2. But one of the highlights for me, strangely enough, was driving up to a top of one of the Rocky Mountains and standing on what is called by some, ''The Continental Divide,'' and others ''The Great Divide.'' Geologists call it the Backbone of the Continent. Not only is this where the Rocky Mountains reach their highest peak, but it is what separates the rivers and streams that flow eastward into the Atlantic Ocean from those that flow westward to the Pacific Ocean. The portion of the continental divide in the United States is about 3,000 miles long and extends from Glacier National Park in Montana to the Mexican Boundary in Southwest New Mexico.
3. Here is a fascinating meteorological fact. When a drop of water falls on the Continental Divide, if it falls just a little to the one side of the Divide; that drop of water will continue to go and flow on toward the West until it goes out into the Pacific Ocean.
4. But if that same drop of water falls and turns to the other side of the Continental Divide, it will continue to flow until it reaches the Mississippi Valley, down into the Mississippi River, down into the Gulf of Mexico, and finally out into the Atlantic Ocean.
5. As I stood on top of that mountain peak and looked at that imaginary line crawling beneath my feet, it hit me how two drops of water could seem to start so nearly in the same place, and yet actually wind up oceans apart. That is exactly the way it is with people. There are people who come from the same backgrounds, have the same opportunities, in many cases even many of the same gen ...
Luke 16:19-31
Dr. James Merritt
INTRODUCTION
1. One of the most fun trips I have ever taken in my life was years ago when my wife and three sons went out west to Colorado, and spent a week in a part of the country we had never been in before. We did everything from horseback riding to white water rafting, to just exploring the great outdoors.
2. But one of the highlights for me, strangely enough, was driving up to a top of one of the Rocky Mountains and standing on what is called by some, ''The Continental Divide,'' and others ''The Great Divide.'' Geologists call it the Backbone of the Continent. Not only is this where the Rocky Mountains reach their highest peak, but it is what separates the rivers and streams that flow eastward into the Atlantic Ocean from those that flow westward to the Pacific Ocean. The portion of the continental divide in the United States is about 3,000 miles long and extends from Glacier National Park in Montana to the Mexican Boundary in Southwest New Mexico.
3. Here is a fascinating meteorological fact. When a drop of water falls on the Continental Divide, if it falls just a little to the one side of the Divide; that drop of water will continue to go and flow on toward the West until it goes out into the Pacific Ocean.
4. But if that same drop of water falls and turns to the other side of the Continental Divide, it will continue to flow until it reaches the Mississippi Valley, down into the Mississippi River, down into the Gulf of Mexico, and finally out into the Atlantic Ocean.
5. As I stood on top of that mountain peak and looked at that imaginary line crawling beneath my feet, it hit me how two drops of water could seem to start so nearly in the same place, and yet actually wind up oceans apart. That is exactly the way it is with people. There are people who come from the same backgrounds, have the same opportunities, in many cases even many of the same gen ...
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