There’s nothing quite so thrilling as Demolition!

(unless you’re the one under demolition. 😉 )

[Tweet “Life under #construction is messy- Fear Not! Love holds the hammer. #restoration”]

Noah & Sarah’s family bought a #house2home project.

Family gathered!  🙂  Love rolled up its collective sleeves and got down to business! 😉

We stripped wallpaper, repaired holes and cracks, demolished old floor tiles, replaced rotten sub-floor and filled up a flatbed trailer soon going to the landfill.  So fun to destroy and smash things up- knowing that by the end of the day- every thing done would be an quite an improvement.

Experts came in to fix what we couldn’t- bad plumbing, a leak, and an incomplete HVAC system.

I think I finally understood why Ecclesiastes juxtaposes the negative extremes. There really is a time to destroy–  and then a time to construct.” (The Message Translation)  I don’t always like the negatives inf life-  but that’s where God starts us on a journey to new!   Out with the old- in with the new! Make way for improvement!

But personally, when God starts with my negatives, stripping me down to the studs and hauling out my clutter, I’m like, “Wait! I don’t see anything wrong with that! I like my life this way- it’s shabby and old, but, hey, it’s comfortable.  I’d be good with a little makeover but surely I don’t need an overhaul???”

I feel so vulnerable and “naked” when God’s exposes my ugly “wallpaper”and  “plumbing” and “electrical” problems. It’s embarrassing to find an eroded foundation or rotten sub-floor.

I shouldn’t be surprised that Jesus – who promised He is making ALL THINGS NEW- would have to FIRST rip out, strip down, and yes, even demolish and destroy things in my life.

At this truth- I’m jumping up and down and shouting!

[Tweet “God loves me just the way I am but too much to leave me this way!- Rick Warren”]

Honestly- even though it’s messy and taxing, I get so excited when I realize God promises NOT to leave me in a fallen state of broken disrepair!!!!!  Woohoo!!!!

Not just for me! It’s for you- it’s for all who will come!

I dream of the day of our completed renovation– from the inside out! body- soul- spirit- mind!

So got brokenness? disrepair? chaos?

Need a major overhaul?

I know this Guy- He’s a Master Builder and Carpenter Extraordinaire –

His Name is Jesus.  Give Him a call! 🙂

He’ll build you the “house” of your dreams.

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