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Drina House,
House built on river in Serbia,
Built in 1968
© Drina, Serbia |
| Jesus said to his disciples: ‘It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock. But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!’ |
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| | Reflection on the River House
The photograph is showing a house in Serbia which was built back in 1968 by a group of boys who wanted a spot to sunbathe while at the river. They constructed the house from wood boards reclaimed from a nearby shed that had been destroyed. Getting the material onto the rock which stands in the middle of a fast flowing river, was done by kayaks. The house has a small room. While several severe storms and floods have wreaked havoc on and around the house over the last 50 years, the home has always stood firm and has never been destroyed… Because it was built on a rock!
However fragile the wood planks are of the house, when the construction is build on solid foundations, it can withstand any storm. The ‘house’ Jesus talks about in our Gospel today, is our life. Nobody else can build our life for us, it is something we have to do ourselves and only we can do this. So we must carefully chose what foundations we give to our house/life. Do we merely follow secular shifting trends and sands; or do we build on solid rock, on Christ’s teachings?
by Patrick van der Vorst |  | |
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