Building your house on the sand or on the rock determines how you will weather the storm. Storms will definitely come, there is no way around it. Yet, how you weather the storm is really your choice. You can be proactive and build your house on the rock or you can take the easy route and build upon the sand. When making choices, look not at what is easier but think with the future in mind. Our choices don't just have an effect on us, but inevitably affect others. Are we being pro-active or re-active.
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." Matthew: 7:24-27 (NIV)
When viewing others build in the sand, it is frustrating. When the rains come down, watching them fall is heartwrenching. I wish that I could simply serve a cup of strength or insight. Yet we learn by making mistakes.
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