Someone writes: “There is no use walking anywhere to preach, if your walking is not preaching.” True words. It’s easy to tell others how they should live, or to continually find fault with the behavior of those around us. Still, we all have clay feet. Wait, let me rather just talk for myself. Recently, when someone reminded me that I wrote about the control of our tongues and that it seemed to her that I spoke too easily in a specific situation, I tasted my clay tongue right there. I remembered that it’s easier to preach than to walk your preaching-route in everyday life.
However, there’s good news. Every one of us who belongs to the Lord is still under construction. We are life-long sculptures in progress in the hands of our heavenly Sculptor. We are under permanent construction of the Holy Spirit. He’s the Master Builder from heaven. He transforms human ruins into living temples who honor God. Sometimes we play owner-builder and chaos ensues. Thankfully God starts over with us on a daily basis. That gives me hope to keep walking every day.
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