"Sandyland"

As I walked on the beach today, I kept singing this song from my youth over and over:
Don't build your house on the sandyland; don't build it too near the shore
Well it might be kind of nice but you'll have to build it twice,
Then you'll have to build your house once more.
You gotta build your house upon a rock; make a sure foundation on a solid spot.
Well the storms may come and go, but the peace of God you will know.
Standing in the ocean and feeling myself sink in the sand was a great real life picture of the meaning of this song. Mother & I would stand and let the waves hit us, but before too long we would start to sink and have to change positions. We held on tight to each other as we continually felt like we would fall. And as I later walked along the shore and sang in my head while seeing the waves come crashing in, I couldn't help but contemplate how I have been guilty of building on sandyland. Much of the last 21 years of my life were spent building a foundation on the sandyland of my "fairy-tale" idea of marriage & family. Oh, I knew all along that even that was temporal and that Christ needed to be central and it's not that I didn't ever strive for that. I know I did. But often, when the waves & storms came crashing in, I think instead of rebuilding on a more solid foundation, I just changed positions in the sand. Then the ultimate wave crashing hit and everything came out from under me. This time, as I rebuild, I'm making certain that I build in a nice firm solid spot with no trace of sand underneath. Even though I knew it intellectually all along, the greater teacher of experience is now teaching me every day that the one constant in my life is the Rock, Jesus Christ. I can't control where other people (like estranged husbands) build their foundation, but I can make sure my own is sure and solid.
Thank You, Lord, for using such beautiful word pictures for life lessons in Your Word. I was also reminded today of Your promise to Abraham to make his descendants as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. What an amazing wonder to know that I am one of those grains! Thank You for making Yourself known to me today through Your beautiful creation.