We're staying in a house that was built over 50 years ago. Well-built! I was noticing the bathroom tile, original to the house. Colors would be considered 'dated' by today's, but it's beautiful. Measured exactly, down to a half-inch of tiny tile that runs six inches inside the outer edge. There isn't a missing piece of grout, still white and clean.This house has a full basement, which homes in our area do not. As such, it requires a very firm foundation. There's a steel I-beam providing support for the main floor, which could be why the ceiling is without the tiny cracks that often show up == some I've seen in my own.
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. (Luke 6:47-49 KJV)
Christ is speaking of our lives. We will be assailed with many trials in life. Without a firm foundation, what we've built will fall. That's true of our physical self. Without the foundation of good food and exercise, the body fails. Without a good education, careers fail, income is lessened. Without the firm foundation within a marriage, it will not only fail but will take the family down, too.
Each of those failures affect other people, not just ourselves. Especially when a family fails because the marriage lacks a firm foundation.
Some who read this know of marriages that have lasted for decades without the foundation He described. They will tell you He is not necessary when building a solid marriage. They will tell you He is not necessary, at all. I cannot refute their premise by appearances, but I believe based on experiences. I have lived within the firm foundation He promises, and I expect to eternally.
Do you see it differently?
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