BRIDGES NOT WALLS
Illustration
by John H. Krahn

There are basically two kinds of people in the world: those who build walls and those who build bridges. The great American poet Robert Frost wrote, "Before you build walls, make sure you know what you are walling out and what you are walling in." Unfortunately, most of us have built some walls during our lives - perhaps even a few more than bridges. God suggests we rent a crane, one with a big steel ball at the end, and start knocking them down. With the walls crushed we can then build a bridge between us and the person with whom we didn’t get along. Bridge built, now love and joy begin to pass between us.

Bridge building becomes…

CSS Publishing Co., Inc., Seasonings For Sermons, Vol. III, by John H. Krahn