Driving home from work in the driving rain, we were thankful Carter's baseball team had a bye tonight. Even more than that, we were grateful we don't live an hour south of us, where recent rains have caused flooding and massive destruction.
The pictures of homes falling into Lake Delton in the tourist town of Wisconsin Dells have made national news this week. It's an unbelievable image!
Ironically, or maybe not, this occurred just days after my pastor's sermon on the "house on the rock" ... building our lives and our faith on the firm foundation that is Jesus Christ.
From the book of Matthew: "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 sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
Now I'm sure the homeowners who built their homes on the shores of Lake Delton believed they were on solid ground. I'm not judging them in the least. I'm just suggesting that any time you think you can live without God in your life, you envision that video of the house crumbling apart, only to be carried off with the current piece by piece.
If you ask me, it's a pretty powerful reminder of where our priorities should be.
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Amen! A solid foundation is so important.
And yet, it is still so easy to be tempted away to the sandy stuff that we know is unstable and temporary. I guess that is why the Bible describes Christianity as a struggle, a fight, persevering, costly, etc. Like most things of value, it is a challenge. But it is worth any cost.
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