I miss Esther. She was the blogger on our last trip to Cuba. Being the blogger on this trip I miss her twice as much. Today I was able to check the comments and saw her comment about church construction. Typical Esther. I can hear her voice in what she wrote. That made me miss her even more and compelled me to share her comment with you.
From Esther:
Reading about all the construction reminds me of the theologian C.S. Lewis thoughts from Mere Christianity. (As a teacher, I would underline the book title, but Google doesn't allow me too!)
"IMAGINE YOURSELF as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what he is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised.
But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is he up to? The explanation is that he is building quite a different house from the one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards.
You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but he is building up a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself.
C.S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity
So glad to hear that we, as followers of Jesus, in America were able to partake in the building of the church in Cuba... the one that Jesus intends to come and live it in himself... and I pray that He does the same in my own heart. -el
JR is the hand that God uses for the construction or shall I say the DESTRUCTION, of the old to build the NEW. JR will always surprised you, he has a kin sense of humor and a loving tender heart, hopefully you will not get the two of them confused. God has giving him the gift of : getting things done without complain. He was a great contribution to the team and the future plans.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that he is a part of our family here and our heavenly family too.