I Leak!

It's Wednesday morning and right now there is a man sitting on scaffolding just outside my office window. I know he's there because I can hear him scraping and when I look out my window I see his legs from knees to boots. These men have been working on our twenty-plus-year-old building for the better part of a week now, repairing the "Dryvit"; which I am told is the Stucco on our church building's exterior. They have been cleaning, painting and sealing the Dryvit and replacing its caulking; because, as it turns out; buildings that are left to themselves get leaky. So, our building is getting a little bit of "preventative maintenance." After all a leaky building is not a good thing.

All of this work reminds me that without some ongoing spiritual maintenance in my life I, too, get leaky. Unfortunately the things that I leak are the very things that I cannot afford to do without; things like: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. So, I am using the scaffolding around the building as a point of reminder that leaks are bad and that my inner-life needs to be regularly maintained. After all a leaky life is not a good thing either.

Blessings,
PB