TEARING DOWN OR BUILDING UP?

 

I saw them tearing a building down,

A team of men in my hometown,

 

With a heave and a ho and yes, yes, yell!

They swung a beam and a sidewall fell.

 

And I said to the foreman, “Are these men skilled

Like the ones you’d use if you had to build?”

 

And he laughed and said, “Oh no, indeed,

The most common laborer is all I need,

 

For I can destroy in a day or two

What it takes a builder ten years to do.”

 

So I thought to myself as I went my way,

Which one of these roles am I willing to play?

 

Am I one who is tearing down,

As I carelessly make my way around?

 

Or am I one who builds with care

To make the world better because I was there?

 

~ Author Unknown.

 

Dear mother, I believe these words apply also apply to us as we build our homes and families. Proverbs 14:1 says: “Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.”

 

One of the names God gives to us as mothers is “builder.” Because He names us builders, He wants us to be professional builders. A common laborer can tear down a house, but it takes a professional to build a good home.

 

Let’s be those who build into our marriages and families each day.

 

Don’t let a day go by without building a little more into your marriage. Think of something lovely and kind to say to your husband today and each new day. Your greatest building weapons are the words that come out of your mouth.

 

Seek to do something each day to make your family life stronger. Remember, you are building into your children’s lives until the day you present your children “in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming” (1 Thessalonians 2:19).

 

Have a beautiful day with your family,

 

Nancy Campbell