“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.” Matthew 7:24-27
Imagine being in a lighthouse, along the rocky coast of Maine, while the mighty ocean batters against the rocks. The lighthouse has withstood this battering for hundreds of years.
Imagine being in a house, in central Florida, during a mighty hurricane with winds over one hundred ten miles per hour. Hear its roar as it batters against your home.
I recalled both of these experiences when I read today’s Gospel describing a house built on rock and a house built on sand. While my house sustained hefty damages, it wasn’t destroyed. Like the lighthouse, it withstood nature’s ravages because it is built on a firm foundation, by a good builder.
It is the same with my faith. It is on a good foundation, contracted to a good builder. It will stand the test. Will yours?
Advent Prayer: Lord, help my faith to be strong like the house built on the rock.
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