House Rules

When we lived in Memphis and Rachel, Carly and Jenna were in grade school I looked for ways to fill their summer days with meaningful activities. One place I took them to each day for several hours was to a Baptist Bible Camp. It was a week long of Bible stories and games,songs and crafts associated with those wonderful stories! The girls loved going and I made sure they went every summer. One song they sang there was about the wise man and the foolish man. The girls sang it complete with hand motions which mostly consisted of pounding fists and sprinkling fingers depicting rain.

I know that the sands that I allow in my life will bring me sorrow. They are the empty, shaky things of this world. They are the time consuming things that keep me from doing better things. They are the anger and pride I display. The sand is what keeps me from all I want for eternity.

Whereas the Rock...it is the only way to experience real joy, real peace and real love. It will heal my weaknesses and sooth my pains. The Rock is the way to gain all that I want for eternity...my family and life with my Father in Heaven.


I wonder where is my house built?

 I wonder how many times I get the foundation on the rock and then start putting the joists and bearers  together with the dust-blown sand. 

I wonder if half of my house is on the rock and the other is on the sand.

 I don't want to be in that kind of house. 

That's not who I want to  be. 


I want my whole house on the Rock.

This song has been on my mind all day. In my mind I can see my three little girls standing and singing the song with the hand motions of the song synchronized perfectly among them. They are pleased with the song that they have learned and can share with me. They are smiling and looking at each other. I love that memory. 

The wise man built his house upon the rock

The wise man built his house upon the rock

The wise man built his house upon the rock

And the rain came tumbling down

Oh, the rain came down

And the floods came up

The rain came down

And the floods came up

The rain came down

And the floods came up

And the wise man's house stood firm.

The foolish man built his house upon the sand

The foolish man built his house upon the sand

The foolish man built his house upon the sand

And the rain came tumbling down

Oh, the rain came down

And the floods came up

The rain came down

And the floods came up

The rain came down

And the floods came up

And the foolish man's house went "splat!"