A man who was going...
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A man who was going blind arranged the area outside his house so that he could get anywhere he wanted in his yard. He connected ropes to a series of three feet high stakes that led to the edges of the property. The lot looked something like a spider’s web; but, he could step from his door and put his arm over a rope so that it was between his arm and body. He then followed a rope to wherever he wanted to go on his property. Paul’s instructions in Ephesians 4:25—5:2 are like those ropes. They aren’t at all restraining, in the sense of tying us up. They are freeing. As we live in the middle of a difficult, confusing world, often complicated with webs of sin, we can confidently negotiate our Christian journey. We have the pattern of God’s grace to guide us wherever we go.
