"BUILDING A BUILDING WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OUR HOME" - SELECTED

       The story is told of a rich man who wanted to help  a poor carpenter and his family.

              He hired the carpenter to build a house on a hillside, and then went away on a long journey.

       The carpenter said to himself, "My boss is gone away, and I can use shoddy material

              And neglect the support work that dosen't show.

        The house will be weak but nobody will know it."

              So, he built a ramshackle house.

         When the rich man came back, the carpenter said, "Here is your house, all built."

              "Thank you",said the rich man, "Here is the deed and the key. I am giving it to you."

         The carpenter grieved that he had robbed himself.

               We reap what we sow. We have to live in the house of life that we build.

         If we do shoddy work, if we loiter on the job, we cheat ourselves.

                We shrivel up and lose our ability to discern between right and wrong.

         We have to live with ourselves.

                It is a tremenduos fact that each of us is building today the house that we must live in tomorrow.

          We can build a palace or a hovel... a jail or a pig pen.

              But remember, we must LIVE in it.

          What kind of a house are you (we) building for eternity?

May we all  give our lives to Christ, that we will  be able to live in that heavenly mansion.      

Byrl Brockman