A Transformation Unfolding

Who doesn’t love a great transformation unfolding before their eyes??!!  Shane and I have ventured into a new project hoping to bring back to life a property we have had ownership of for over 15 years. The “Farm” as we affectionally call it has been labeled  many things over the last 2 months as first time visitors have come to see how they might be able to help out with specific tasks that must be tackled.  Shack, shed, dump, jungle, hot mess, and just blank stares in awe have been the words used to describe our little piece of land and farm house.  Not exactly words that show beauty is just around the corner! The truth is, the project is the most difficult to see potential in than any of our other many re-dos.  For whatever reason, when I see this little house and the surrounding land, my heart swells from inside and I can feel deep inside what it might become and has the potential for.  I thrive in the ideas and dreams of helping this space become.

It’s been fascinating to me to see so many similarities in the farm as to my own life and how God must see us or desire to work in us.  The farm house has so much yuck, from rodent infestation, carpenter ant deterioration, and mis-matched really old funk, there is so much that just must be torn out before beauty can come.  Before we can allow new stuff to make this house pretty, we must clean out the old that just isn’t working any more.  We must look deep and in all of the hidden spots to find what’s holding back the house from becoming. 

Tearing out, dumping old stuff and beginning with a fresh start is so important.  New perspectives can only come when we are willing to dump the hidden ideas we have carried since childhood.  Positive self talk and care can only floor our heart and minds when we kick out negativity and grudges held long over due. Dreams, ideas and fresh pathways only present when we stop going down the same old rabbit trails that derail us. The best part of all of this is we are not alone.  The master builder sees our potential.  He sees us in the perfection of his creation and he wants to help us be all we were meant to be, so we can pass on love and kindness and share our purpose with others.  I love that so much.  

So as we have been stuck for almost 90 days in demo, the longest a project has ever taken us in the demo phase, I continue to remind myself that we are uncovering beauty.  The tearing down and letting go of the junk is just as important as the rebuild.