I never realized realized why Sponge Bob used the word, “barnacles”, as a cuss word until this week. Our creative teaching team finished up our study week at Corpus Christi by taking it to the ocean. After failing to surf, we crashed our boards into a jetty. Not a big deal until you have to hoist your body and walk along the large rocks covered in barnacles. The joy of being on land momentarily hid the pain that these small encrusters were doing to our feet and hands. Blood covered the cuts and scratches as we limped down the long jetty back to shore.

Sin is a lot like these barnacles. From far off, the jetty looked really good. But the pain that these sharp crab like creatures inflicted on our bodies will never be forgotten. This Sunday we are looking at the movie, “Walk the Line” and how we can be free through Jesus Christ from sin and addictions.