Obviously the things written inside of books are supposed to teach you things. Lately though, simply stacking them on top of each other has made me think a lot about how God is the only foundation I can build my life on. God is the only constant thing in my life. Anything else I try to build my life on will fail.
In our ministry we have been stacking books all day which has been hard but great. We worked pretty fast to get all the books up so we could finish on time. Not that we were lazy in any way or didn’t try hard enough, we just had to work fast because there was an overwhelming amount of things we had to get done. As we were getting to the end of the job however, we noticed that the way we stacked the books was not well thought out or planned at all. We just kind of threw them on top of each other to get them out of the way. Since noticing that, we’ve had a countless amount of avalanches which are the most frustrating thing ever. It seemed like we could not get a break as huge sections of books came crashing down one by one. Anger. But we have also realized how to do the job well and how to have a firm foundation for the books. We put some going horizontal and with vertical ones on top of that which evens things out and makes the base super strong. It took us long enough but, at least we know. I think this is how God works. The way He works in our lives is so intricate and amazing; we can’t even comprehend. He challenges and redeems us. He takes away and puts people back into our lives. He lets us make choices and and then gently pulls us back to Him. It’s amazing really. So sweet that a lot of the time it takes me a while to figure that out.
Having to go back and fix things that you spend a lot of time and energy building up is hard but, really worth it. Sometimes you have to get wrecked before you realize that you need to turn back to the Lord for safety. He is always there and is the most trustworthy and everlasting. He knows all the things we think and has countless thoughts about us. He sees us as being fearfully and wonderfully made, perfectly in his image.
As we go into our last few days of our ministry for this month, I really can’t believe I’m saying this but, I’m really going to miss dripping sweat actually all day and getting big muscles from lifting books. Very thankful for my first couple weeks here and thanking God for all the people He has surrounded me with! So far so good:)))
