Today is Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005; Karen's Korner #537
It was the weekend before last that we had our annual "Sister Slumber Party". One of the five sisters always organizes the event. This year it was our middle sister who lives in the southwest part of Minneapolis, where we headquartered over Friday night.
As an early riser on Saturday morning, I took off walking west from their home. It didn't take very many blocks before I walked to the next suburb, Edina. The houses there are incredible. They aren't new but they are beautiful. Stately. Well built. Wonderful settings. Each one different from the other. I really enjoyed observing each house as I walked.
It amazed me that one, then another, and yet another had signs in their front yards telling of a remodeling project, a restoration, a construction company, or architect that was working on a particular home. "I wonder if these people have any idea how beautiful their homes already are," I thought. They probably do. Hope that's how the owners see them.
The homes just need additional improvement or face lift.
That's how I like to see God. He walks by each of us as His Children and admires just how beautiful and unique each one of us are. Each different, one from the other. He enjoys each one of us. On occasion, He puts a sign out in the front yard of our lives for some remodeling and redevelopment because He knows there are more things He would like for us to know or enjoy.
And as the architect and builder of our lives, He knows exactly what will make us even more of what He intends for each one of us.
He isn't discouraged by the way you and I think or act. He already loves each one of us unconditionally.
Or as the 4-H motto which I learned as a kid, "To make the best, better." God wants to make our best, His best in and for us.......even better!
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