It is something to see. Half court gym in two tone wood with lines drawn for a free throw line, key and three point line. It is so shiny and new.
Pretty soon kids from all over town will be coming to play and it will lose some of its beauty, shine and glimmer. The smell of fresh building materials and paint will disappear and maybe even the novelty will wear off...
What happens then? All the newness and the excitement of the new gym will be gone. There must be more than having something that is the flavor of the month. There must be in the minds of those who had the vision to have it built and the future of those who benefit from its use the long term effect it should be in our lives.
Life seems to be that way. Every Christmas we get new things and when they get old they are not new anymore and sometimes we just lose interest. God is always giving us new things. His mercies are new every morning, (Lamentations 3:23), but we treat them like old mercies. Old news that do not interest us. The new mercies and grace of our Lord does not have the impact it had when we were new to tasting them, when we needed them the most.
We need them now. We need to rejoice in the new things and cherish them as they get old. They must be treated with respect and understanding.
Yes this new building sure looks incredible. My prayer is that eventually as the new building becomes an old and older building, the lives that have been impacted by it will feel new, every day!
Pretty soon kids from all over town will be coming to play and it will lose some of its beauty, shine and glimmer. The smell of fresh building materials and paint will disappear and maybe even the novelty will wear off...
What happens then? All the newness and the excitement of the new gym will be gone. There must be more than having something that is the flavor of the month. There must be in the minds of those who had the vision to have it built and the future of those who benefit from its use the long term effect it should be in our lives.
Life seems to be that way. Every Christmas we get new things and when they get old they are not new anymore and sometimes we just lose interest. God is always giving us new things. His mercies are new every morning, (Lamentations 3:23), but we treat them like old mercies. Old news that do not interest us. The new mercies and grace of our Lord does not have the impact it had when we were new to tasting them, when we needed them the most.
We need them now. We need to rejoice in the new things and cherish them as they get old. They must be treated with respect and understanding.
Yes this new building sure looks incredible. My prayer is that eventually as the new building becomes an old and older building, the lives that have been impacted by it will feel new, every day!
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