What I learned about God from home improvement shows

© 2012 Julie Crane All rights reserved

The opening scene is always about a house that just doesn't work anymore. Some areas need a little paint. Some areas are a gut job. They all agree there are some good and bad points about this house. But something needs to change. (Kinda sounds like me. How I used to live didn't work anymore. I needed a Change.)

They start looking around and see no house is perfect. Every house has something they like and don't really like. Are they able to accept / compromise their ideal or keep looking, demanding it? (... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God... Romans 3:23)

Whether they stay where they are or move, they commit to the one who can help and renovations are soon underway. A tweak here, a demolish there. Weeks pass. There are ups and downs all along the way. Major setbacks. Sometimes more than one. Will they ever make it to completion? (Sounds like my life after accepting Christ, my Helper. With all life's ups and downs and mistakes made, will I ever make it?)

As they near the end of the reno project, the home owners are kept from seeing the final stages until it is completed. The excitement (or anxiety) must be at an all-time high. In the final minutes of the show, the front door is swung open and behold! They don't even recognize the place! It is so amazingly, magazine cover beautiful! What a wonderful place! And it's ours! All ours! (Do you see where I'm going with this?)

I believe that the present suffering is nothing compared to the coming glory that is going to  be revealed to us. (Romans 8:18)

God bless you in all your ups and downs along the way to His perfect gift of eternal life with Him in heaven. Until then, trust your Helper!