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31…SANDCASTLES

Good morning! Where or who do you run to when life gets crazy? We will come back to that question in a minute. As I was watching HGTV this weekend, there was a family that was playing on the beach. The younger kids were building a sandcastle and they had a pretty big one going when all of a sudden this huge wave came crashing onto the beach. The parents picked up the kids just in time for them not to get drenched but the sandcastle that they had worked so hard on disappeared into the sea when the wave went back out.

Isn’t that just like life? If we don’t build our life on a firm foundation, the waves of stress, loss, disappointment, etc. can wipe out what we have been working on, too. A foundation of sand will not stand up to the trials of life and can leave us feeling empty and defeated. But the good news is that we can choose a different foundation on which to build our lives upon that will stand as strong as a rock when life’s waves coming crashing over us.

Psalm 18:2-3 says, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliver, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.” There is no better foundation to build your life upon than the one God offers every believer. All we have to do in order to receive that foundation is to accept the gift of salvation, asking Jesus to come into your heart to be your Lord and Savior. So back to the question above, where or who do you run to when life gets crazy? Praying your answer is that you run to the Lord, the only solid foundation that will not be moved.

Jesus, help us to run to You when life gets crazy. You are the calm when life’s waves come crashing down on us and try to sweep us away just like the tide does with sandcastles on a beach. Amen.