Daily Devotions - Wednesday, July 30

Building a Sand Castle

“Grandpa, I can’t wait to build a sand castle with you and Gran!” said our oldest grandchild prior to our Outer Banks vacation. We dug in the sand; we built sand castles; and sooner or later, the tide came in and washed the sand castle away.

Each of us is building our sand castles, aren’t we! We have a plan on how our lives will unfold. Some of us are fortunate to even have a nice moat around our sand castle so the waters have to work extra hard to destroy our sand castles.

All of us are aware about the devastation of flooding that happened here in central Indiana. We know how damaging waters have completely changed not only the surrounding area, but almost the entire state of Iowa, as well as many small communities along the Mississippi River. People along the Gulf Coast are still recovering from Katrina’s enormous damage in 2005. Life can change dramatically and our sand castles can be washed away so quickly.

While our sand castles at the Outer Banks did wash away, we still took enough time to build a new one each day we went to the beach. So for today, take the time to build your sand castle and may you be granted enough of whatever you need to do so.

Ben Keckler
07.30.08