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The House of Rock

December 6, 2007 |

NASA - Mars Rover

Today’s gospel (Matthew 7) is one of the easiest to understand.  It’s Christ’s analogy about building your house on rock versus building your house on sand.

Why is the gospel one of the easiest to understand?  I can just imagine this conversation with a builder or a realtor - “Wow, I really love this house - it’s built on sand - I’ll take it!” 

No, we all want houses built on rock - with strength and a solid foundation.

So, why don’t build our lives the same way?  Too often, we make choices that end up in us building our lives as if we were building on sand.

Making bad choices concerning marriage, children, finances, work, community, church, faith, friends, sports teams, fun - will lead us to build our lives on sand.  To the contrary, making the right choices will lead us to build our lives on rock - the rock of Christ. 

Do we want stability, strength, growth, peace, joy, hope, faith, love?  Then, let’s build our lives on the rock that God gives each of us as a building site (so to speak).  Let’s avoid looking for the site in the sand - even it looks more inviting and more fun.

Because the rains will fall, the floods will come, and the winds will buffet - it’s up to us to determine whether our lives will collapse or remain steady when they do. 

Photo: NASA - Mars Exploration Rover Spirit (April 13, 2006)


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