Saturday, March 20, 2010
What vacuuming can't do...
Today I learned that when you have zero visibility in your kitchen due to a cloud of drywall dust, vacuuming the air will not work...too bad...I must have needed another attachment.
Today's insight
Insights from two people who are knee deep in a long awaited, much prayed over restoration project....
Today it dawned on me that....
there are no three pronged plugs in my house, there's no electrical outlet in the bathroom, my shower is made of pvc pipe, I'm sleeping on an air mattress in the dust. And my tap water comes with a free exfoliant (cast iron pipe flakes). Why am I just now noticing this after 10 days? Because in my mind, I'm living in the reality of what will be. The inconveniences barely scrape my skin because I know they're fleeting. I look at my kitchen (with all it's Berlin wall charm) and think of the glossy glass subway tile that is its true identity. The vision keeps me almost literally from seeing the inconvenience and incompleteness that's in front of me. It's like I'm blind to it. When I do notice, my annoyance only lasts for a moment, because I know the brokeness's days are numbered. I've held onto this thought today as I've dealt with my own brokeness. I've remembered that the Lord feels about me like I feel about my house...His eyes see past my incompleteness and onto my restoration in its completeness...instead of frailty, He sees Jesus' handiwork on display...Jesus's own character borne out and it's beautiful. I pray that I remember what I feel today about my home and about my own soul and the lives of others...this is all one grand Restoration being played out in so many ways.
Today it dawned on me that....
there are no three pronged plugs in my house, there's no electrical outlet in the bathroom, my shower is made of pvc pipe, I'm sleeping on an air mattress in the dust. And my tap water comes with a free exfoliant (cast iron pipe flakes). Why am I just now noticing this after 10 days? Because in my mind, I'm living in the reality of what will be. The inconveniences barely scrape my skin because I know they're fleeting. I look at my kitchen (with all it's Berlin wall charm) and think of the glossy glass subway tile that is its true identity. The vision keeps me almost literally from seeing the inconvenience and incompleteness that's in front of me. It's like I'm blind to it. When I do notice, my annoyance only lasts for a moment, because I know the brokeness's days are numbered. I've held onto this thought today as I've dealt with my own brokeness. I've remembered that the Lord feels about me like I feel about my house...His eyes see past my incompleteness and onto my restoration in its completeness...instead of frailty, He sees Jesus' handiwork on display...Jesus's own character borne out and it's beautiful. I pray that I remember what I feel today about my home and about my own soul and the lives of others...this is all one grand Restoration being played out in so many ways.
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