Why I Suck at Skateboarding
I recently went to the skateboard park and tried the drop in on my skateboard:
Out of 10 attempts, I crashed 8 times.
So was a I good skateboarder who crashed 8x? Or was I a hopeless skateboarder, who got lucky 2x?
This is like a bigger question in life:
Are we born as good or bad people?
If we say we’re born good, what do we do when we fail? We have to punish ourselves, and try harder the next time. And if we fail again, which we will, we need to be even harsher on ourselves.
But if we say we start off as broken, we can be kinder to ourselves if we fail, because it’s in our nature to fail. The only way ahead is grace and mercy. We can’t save ourselves. We need a Saviour to come rescue us.*
So which is it?
The good news in the Bible, is that Jesus drops into our world – to save us because we cannot save ourselves.
There is grace and mercy for us who fail.
But the bad news is that a skateboard fail will still hurt. For that you’re going to need a Panadol and a lie-down.
I owe this insight to Glen Scrivener’s Speak Life podcast Episode 380 on “Original Sin”
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