Daniel and Friends

So we talk about perspective a lot and our beloved worship leader Mark talks about Batman a lot as well. (And with good reason as Batman is the best superhero, don't make me bring up the kyprtonite bullet theory) So back on subject, I stumbled across a cool photo that I wanted to share. You can see it to the right, its a newer form of art that I have been enjoying recently, its side walk chalk art. You can see the artist against the back wall but can you tell "where the side walk ends" and where the art starts?


This past Sunday we looked at the first half of Daniel. These texts are filled with such beautiful stories of contrasting cultures and contrasting points of view. On one side we see the Babylonian Empire where Kings rule how they feel is right. On the other side is Daniel and his friends who are from their Jewish culture and they worship God. We see time and time again Daniel and friends were required to follow laws that were in direct opposition to their Jewish beliefs. The law told them they had to break promises they had made God. But in every circumstance we see Daniel and his friends refusing to break God's law. We also see that God took care of them every time they made a stand to fear God rather than fear man. As Christians we should never compromise our beliefs, we should also choose God's way, knowing that being in God' s will is much much better than finding security in man's way.