Demolition: it's Hammer Time!

Hey guys, a bit later tonight because it's getting crazy busy at work for the summer and we just ordered lunch in today so I didn't even get to write or post...

Of course now I have M C Hammer playing in my mind... yikes! I did, however, get a chance to look out the window at an old apartment building being demolished... It was quite interesting I must say, not sure why exactly, maybe because it happened waaaaay faster than I thought.  My co-worker was surprised they didn't just fix it up or something but hey, if its going to cost more to fix than rebuild or if you're just building on a rotting foundation it's tear down time... It's hammer time!

And there it is, tonight's topic... Is it time for a demolition in your life?  What kind of foundations are you building relationships, mind sets, career, family, spirituality, etc on? Is it going to cost too much to "fix it up?"  I know demolition in life is a bit more difficult, we have to admit we were wrong, the initial build wasn't taken care of properly or we didn't build it to code... Nevertheless, we have to be smart about all of this and we have to put what we want immediately aside in order to have what we need ultimately.  I know it's not necessarily popular to admit to such prudent, grown-up thought patterns but its something we all need to think about in every area of our lives... If you're building on an unstable foundation you're just wasting your time and energy on something that will eventually fall in on you.

Tonight I'm not going to even attempt to tell you what you need to tear down but I am going to tell you to do it! If it needs to be done don't be embarrassed, don't procrastinate and don't be afraid! If you've been wrong admit it to yourself and others if necessary but not without a planned out path of solution... It will be step by step but you can rebuild and it will be better than before. Some of us will most likely already know something that needs to be demolished but maybe there's more than one thing, or maybe you're not entirely sure what it is, pray about it! Remember God is the master potter, we are the clay and he can see what parts have cracks, he will lead you to what pieces of your life need to be rebuilt and best of all he will be there to help you throughout the whole thing!  Don't worry about what others think, some things are too important to worry about people pleasing... The hardest decisions of my life have been made difficult mostly because of worry for others but I've found eventually those decisions are made for us and if it's the latter it's always more difficult and hurtful than had we followed what we knew to be right in the first place, usually we end with dust in our hands when if we would have just demolished and rebuilt in the first place we would have something stronger and new! It's hammer time!

So what is it? What's that one thing you've held so tightly to that is just no longer stable? What have you procrastinated doing long enough that it's become a run down, creaky, shadow of what it was supposed to be? It's not to late to save it! Just admit where you've gone wrong, demolish what's no longer good and strong and rebuild a new, beautiful, safe, inspiring area of life! It's hammer time!

"...I will give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes. I will give them the oil of joy instead of sorrow, and a spirit of praise instead of a spirit of no hope. Then they will be called oaks that are right with God, planted by the Lord, that He may be honored." Isaiah 61:3