on the cross on the sabbath

We sang a beautiful song Sunday. The full lyrics can be found here. But wanted to focus on the chorus.

And You've won my heart
Yes, You've won my heart, now I can
Trade these ashes in for beauty
and wear forgiveness like a crown
Coming to kiss the feet of mercy,
I lay every burden down
At the foot of the cross

The term "game-changer" refers to something that alters your perspective on things. And certainly, if anything is a gamer-changer, it's the cross. An anecdote is told of Robert E. Lee praying at an altar after the Civil War. A freed slave approaches the altar and decides to pray several feet away from him. Someone comes up to Robby and tells him that an African-American is near him, to which Robby replies, "My friend, all are equal at the foot of the cross."

Only way ashes become something beautiful, only way we become something more than wretches, is through the cross of Christ. Finding yourself dragging, in a rut, unsure of your life? Perhaps you're looking at things from the wrong angle. Try looking up.