Still Human

November 26, 2012

The best we can build with our hands will still crumble and fall…eventually.  Cracks will appear in the walls, the floors will be scratched from wear and tear, and the walls will need a new coat of paint sooner than later.  Human hands can build, bless, give, and create…but they’re still human.  

Have you ever walked into your present home and groaned saying something like this, “Oh I wish we could move!  This house is too small!” Or what about, “This house is driving me crazy – we need so many repairs!”  What about the home in which your body lives?  It too is decaying from the time you breathe your first breath. 

The hope we all have is that there is an “eternal house” as the II Corinthians puts it, not built by human hands.  The groaning and the discontent we feel down here is appropriate because this is not our final dwelling place.  The same verses say that we are “longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.”

If we live a long life on earth, we might end up in a small room with a TV and a bed, with someone to dress us and feed us.  That’s where my mother-in-law is today.  And she’s pretty much already “checked out” of her earthly dwelling – she has dementia.  But what remains intact is her love for God and others.  She goes around praying and blessing her friends at her home.  

Next time you’re disgruntled, discontent, frustrated, and bewildered by what you see around you – look up.  There’s another home being built to His specifications that will suit you forever.  Can you hardly wait to see it?