Under Construction

The last day of the month is a good time to look back over the preceding days, to give thanks for the graces and blessings God has given us and to prepare for the month ahead by "making corrections" in the attitudes and behaviors that emerged during our self-scrunity. Yes, there is a perennial messiness that we don't like or that causes us shame; there are many loose ends, failures, mistakes, regrets, sins, the uglinesses of our lives which we wish weren't there.
We might, however, consider ourselves as a building under construction. There are stages when it is unclear where the walls are going, or when wires are hanging, scraps of materials are strewn about and what we see is nothing like the finished product on the poster of the proposed building on the corner of the lot. It's only when all is in place that the finished building will match the drawing. The mess is part of the process of arriving at this point.
The "mess" we find in our lives is part of the process of our coming to fullness. We need to remember this as well as the even more empowering truth that God is the builder, the patient, unfailing builder, who will let nothing prevent him from finishing the job.
Bro. Rene