Hello ,
We actually have a small chunk of the concrete in the above picture. History knows it as the Berlin Wall, and it divided families for years between East and West Germany.
My wife and I visited to the Check-point Charlie Museum in Berlin a number of years ago, and we were amazed by the methods that people often attempted to use to cross the border from East to West. From specially built Volkswagon Beetles, to hollowed out surfboards, people's hearts ached to experience of freedom.
Walls don't just divide us. They make us ill. After the Berlin Wall went up, East German psychiatrists observed that the Berlin Wall caused mental illness, rage, dejection, and addiction. The closer to the physical wall people lived, the more acute their disorders.
The only cure for "Wall Disease" was to bring the Wall down. Sure enough, in 1990, psychiatrists noted the "emotional liberation" felt after November 9, 1989 when the Wall finally fell.
Thousands of jubilant Germans climbed the Wall, wept, and embraced each other atop the concrete, and proceeded to tear the Wall down with joyful abandon.
The wall of "sin" that separates us from having a full relationship with God has been scaled and conquered by Jesus Christ, but some people haven't recognized that fact yet.
It's our job to share this beautiful truth with others today...through our smiles, through our kind words, and through the way that we live our lives. It's not always easy...but it's always worth it.
Have a great day and God bless!
Pastor Mike / The Open Word
