It’s pretty typical that on my “day off” I get to do a 101 things and today has been no exception – had to get up earlier than I would have liked as workmen came at 7.45am and it was non-stop from then on…

…Life is hectic but at the end of the day there’s still time to ponder how good God is ….and be thankful that I had a chance to talk about the work I’m involved with at The Bridge to the carpet fitters – although looking back have no idea how we got onto the subject!

As we’ve been doing this work at home we’ve revealed much about our house that would have otherwise been a mystery. Looking beneath the floor boards of our lounge revealed a very real danger – we could have caught fire! It would have been all too easy to have carried on re-decorating and having a new floor and been blissfully unaware of the danger beneath our feet. The electrics that were added to the previous extension were, to say the least, unsafe.

The work we are doing has become more extensive, caused more disruption (we now have no power to our one existing useable downstairs room) and been more costly but without it …..all that we are doing could have been for nothing.

This has been a really practical lesson as well and I’m appreciating why Jesus told stories and used everyday experiences to teach valuable lessons. My circumstances at home have illustrated to me the importance of what we aim to do at The Bridge, where I work. We help people look at the real situations in their lives as they approach recovery and part of that is exposing the hidden issues that perhaps they haven’t faced before. If we, and they, fail to do this then it is literally like papering over the cracks in their lives and so recovery (or rescue) like this often becomes a deeper and more extensive process than first thought. I need to remember as well that for those I work with the process may also be more painful and more costly than they first thought and I need to have patience and real love for them in order to reflect God’s love to them as that they get to have the opportunity of real recovery and hope for the future!

Life rhythm from Oasis church on Vimeo.