Good Morning Friends!!! Mighty is our God, Monday! Yesterday afternoon a neighbor came over to help Kim with some computer work for the fire department. She brought her young sons with her, I think they are about 10 and 8. While Kim and the neighbor were working I had the pleasure of the boys company. They played with our new puppy and then we went outside to feed all the critters, of course they loved handing out treats to everyone. Back inside, I needed to get a cobbler in the oven for a luncheon here at work and they were great help with that!!! After we popped it in the oven I asked them if they would like to play Jenga (the game where small rectangle blocks are stacked into a tower and you take turns pulling one and adding them to the top…the loser is the person whose pull tumbles the tower). They thought that would be fun, so I got out the blocks and stacked them into a tower; the tower appeared strong…..Nathan went first, then Ty, I was last….we were all successful for several turns, but after a while we had to be so careful, making sure we found a loose block and pulling it ever so carefully…..and then all of a sudden when we least expected it….Ty’s pull seemed fine….then…..it all came crashing down around us! Blocks everywhere…the tower was gone. Well, we rebuilt of course and played another game, which of course ended just the same…we screamed and laughed, so much fun, but after they left I couldn’t help but think how the game of Jenga reminds me of life. We work at building our towers…..oh we think we are being careful…..building a strong, secure life and then all of a sudden, in the blink of an eye……life comes tumbling down around us…..What we do when that happens depends on the source of our blocks……What have we built our lives on? What is our foundation made of? Job, money, possessions……or faith…..faith in the mercy and grace of our Heavenly Father? If we build our lives on things of this earth…..we will tumble and rebuilding will be difficult….But if we….. oh gosh… one of my favorite Sunday School songs comes to mind….You might know it….The Foolish Man….remember, the foolish man built his house on the sand and when the rains came it was washed away……the wise man…he built on the rock, so when the rains came his house stayed strong…..last verse…So build your house on the LORD JESUS CHRIST!!! The Lord Jesus Christ our ROCK….our FIRM FOUNDATION….hmmm bet we could all use a little remodeling…..Heavenly Father, fill us with the desire to build our lives with You as the Rock of our foundation so that when things tumble around us we turn to YOU and stay strong.
Jesus said, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on the sad. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” Matthew 7:24-27. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5. The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:4.
Love you all!
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