1. Looking Past Pain
Malachi 4:5-6

2. Simple faith can open our eyes to see beyond the MOMENT into the MAJESTY.

3. “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”
-Malachi 4:5-6

4. Malachi wrote that something powerful will happen as GOD MOVES.

7. The wreckage of these moments can be so intense as to SHRINK our heart in unrecognizable ways.

8. HERE’S A QUESTION, AND MAYBE EVEN THE QUESTION:
Are you HIDING your heart on a mountain of isolation and protection as the Grinch does; or, are you LIVING with Kingdom curiosity and a heart broken for othrs as Lucy Lou Who does?

9. YOUR EXPERIENCE:
What can we do to climb the mountain and find a hurting heart inside another person?

10. SUGGESTION ONE: We could PRAY for others.
SUGGESTION TWO: We could start by SMILING.
SUGGESTION THREE: We could act with COMPASSION.

11. BUT, HOMES can be HEALED by your interactions this Christmas.
THIS YEAR, YOU WILL BE MOVING AMONG MANY WHOSE HEARTS ARE TWO SIZES TOO SMALL BECAUSE OF A HURT THAT ROCKED THEIR WORLD AND STOLE THEIR HOPE.
BUT, HOMES can be HEALED by your interactions this Christmas.