As I usually do each morning I went through the last few hours of social media posts, just to see what my family and friends on the mainland are doing. It's a great way for me to start the day as I contemplate the morning's passage.
As I browsed and perused I came across a meme by a close friend who I've rarely seen these past years. She recently joined the social media crowd, and I truly appreciate her recipe posts and words of encouragement. One of her posts this morning was a repost from "Diary of an Alcoholic". The meme read:
When I look back on my life I see the pain I caused, I see the wreckage I created, I see the mistakes I made, I see the misery was a product of who I was. Today, I own it, take responsibility for it, change myself completely, know that I was the problem and no one else, and forgive myself.The Apostle Paul reminds us that we are the temples built upon the foundation of Christ. Jesus loves unconditionally and that love lays the ground on which the bricks of our life are put together to build our temple. When we allow our bricks to be decayed or broken, our temple begins to crumble. It's in those times, times of pain and hurt, we should do our best to reach out to others and let them repair our bricks and rebuild our temples.
We can rest in the knowledge that our foundation will never deteriorate, because God's love never ends. Once we repair and re-lay our bricks, the temple which is us will once again stand tall and strong. When we let those around us help rebuild our temple, and when we ourselves can repair some of those bricks, we'll see just how much love surrounds us.
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