Wood, Hay, and Stubble?

"We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us." --Winston Churchill



Yesterday as we were preparing to have new brick replace old brick on the front of the house and around the porch area, it was disovered that the house beams and boards along the front were eaten away by termites. The wood is rotted by both subterranean and wood termites. So my beautification project well underway is now temporarily halted. Underneath the beautiful flowers in the front was nothing but rot.

And the little landscaping project that started out small and ended up to be of gargantuan proportions, and that I was spending too much money on, and then re-evaluating my motivation to make the changes in the first place, is now halted by this incredible discovery while we try to figure out what to do about it!

But as always, there are lessons to be learned. Fred said it made him think of wood, hay, and stubble. It makes me realize that there is nothing, no thing, house, garden, walkway, siding, or new brick, that can begin to compare to treasures in Heaven.

At the Villa last Sunday with my siblings, we were all impressed by how much the ancients tried to bury their treasures on earth with themselves--thinking that it would somehow accompany them into the afterlife.

And so, the termites present a problem. Tent the house, kill the bugs, put up new wood, clean up the mess, essentially.

And while we're doing all of this, I am going to be content and be thankful once again, that the only thing I can possibly take into Eternity with me is my family. And thank GOD there will be no termites in Heaven!