Saturday, April 1, 2017
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
Who was jack? Jack was a man with an idea about a house that would protect him from the outside elements and keep him at peace and safe inside his own house. He pondered and wonder what kind of structure it would be and building materials he would need to build such a house.He starting day-dreaming about the outside and the inside of the house.He saw the colors and he would use to paint the house on the outside and every room in his house.He dreamed of the windows and doors and the small garden outside the house.He thought and thought about the house every moment in his waking hours.
The house was also in his sleeping dreams. He was consumed with the images and the plans he saw in his mind. He knew that his dreams were real and he could build such a house as he started drawing the blueprints of his new home. He started with the foundation to make sure the house would be built on the best materials that would withstand all types of weather and be a firm foundation for the house.He knew that without a firm foundation the house would fall if he didn't do the preparation properly of a good strong foundation. His thoughts were focused and he intentional as he sat staring at the plans on the blueprint for days and months until he took any actions to start building the foundation.He even prepared his body by doing exercises so his muscles would be ready to lift the lumber and haul the sand for the cement foundation. He ate vegetables and fruits to help his whole body, mind, and spirit in tune and ready for the task ahead of him and the clearness in his focus on the plans his goal to build a house.Jack knew he would know when to get started on the physical manifestation of his dreams to build his house.He had a strong faith and trust in his own self that was keeping him motivated. His faith in trust came from his god he had listened to for years as a child and now as a man, he still prayed to the same inner voice from God.His neighbors and friends and family would question him about the land he owned for years and they couldn't understand why he didn't start building years ago when he first got the land.He would always say soon. They kept asking until one day he said,"I have a plan" and I am trusted God to help me built my house.They looked at him and laughed when he said he was talking to God. He knew they didn't understand and said to them,"it will be a great house with a strong foundation just like my connection to God" and you all will see it soon went the timing is right.Jack was a wise man and a patience man with many friends that jack seen his kindness for years as he gave his unconditional love to everyone he met.There were some of his friends that offered him help to built the house for him and he said, "thank you I will let you know if I need some help" he was thankful for their kindness. The months became years and Jack was aging and his eyesight was weakening with his age he had not built the house and his plans still were still laying on the dining room table in his old house that his mother had left him.He enjoyed looking at the plans every day about the house he would build.One day he fell into a deep sleep and saw his house in his dreams and it was completely finished in the dream.He was so excited and began to walk through the house and running up the stairs in the dream he didn't want to leave the dream state because it was so wonderful and real to him.When morning came the next day a friend stop by Jack's mother's house and saw that the front door was open so he went in to talk to Jack he saw the blueprints on the table of the house.He walked into Jack's bedroom and he saw Jack in a deep sleep with a smile on his face of joy.He whispered softly Jack's name and Jack didn't wake up so he went to his bedside and touch him gently.Jack was not breathing and his friend knew that jack had passed away in his sleep. He stood there for a few seconds and thought about the smile on Jack's face and he knew it he was dreaming about the house he was going to build. He called some of Jack's family and they hurried over to Jack's mother's house to take care of Jack's remains.Every one of them kept saying what about the house he didn't get to built.The funeral was simple and the flowers were few because that was the way Jack would have wanted it to be.The next day all his friends went to the land that the house Jack was going to build the house on. They took the blueprints and got the materials and started building the house from the foundation Jack had on his blueprints.The whole neighborhood pitched in to raise the walls and set the roof in place just like the plans said that Jack drew up. It was a community effort and many friendships were made as the house was being built.Many people talked about Jack's trust and faith in God and knew Jack's dream was from God.The unity and love of Jack's dream was a manifestation of God's love to Jack and everyone who saw the finished house and heard Jack's story many yeas after the house was dedicated to the memory of Jack and it's called "The house that Jack built with God's love"
We all have a dream that is given to us by God.A vision that keeps us in His grace and mercy.Jack is a just character in a story and not a real person.But His story is important to be heard and shared.We all have a house or a dream God has given us to built.The house is the temple and the temple is the body.God is within each person on this Earth.The joy of living a dream inside and the manifestation of love that God gave Jack was for a whole of the community he loved.Sometimes it is not the physical manifestation that creates love but the trust and faith of one believer that manifested God love.
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