Under Construction

Alll summer long we have had workers here clearing the woods adjacent to our home... unfortunately the years (and vines) have taken their toll on many trees, and it's time to take some down and make room for the new saplings of the forest to grow.    I look out now on what used to be nice woods...and what I see is piles of tree branches, empty space and rocks.  In construction, things always have to get worse and messy before they get better.   

I think that is the way it works in our lives.  The longer we go without maintaining things, the bigger the project for God when he has to clean us up again.  It takes longer to clear the vines and rocks from our lives... at first it seems like it's looking worse....

     but them comes time for God to finish the job....

Eventually the brush will be cleared away, the rocks will be buried and the vines will be taken down... what looks like a mess will end up being something quite beautiful.... 

Keep in the Word... keep maintaining your hearts....but know that there is nothing too difficult for God to clean up and restore.... 

My so-called mess of construction now will be something beautiful upon completion... 

     and still here long after I am gone from this earth for others to enjoy...