Creativity runs my home, especially among my 4 children. Several weeks ago, Austin (age 8) decided to dig a really large hole in a part of our backyard. I must say, I was impressed with the size and depth of the hole he dug. Big brother, Tyler (age 15) then got involved and had the idea of digging a tunnel into the wall of one side of the hole. Both Austin and Tyler were a good ways in when I got involved. I added to the tunnel idea and gave them the idea of creating a cavern at the base of the tunnel. The three of us had such fun digging and when it was all done, I could crawl down the tunnel and sit in the cavern we had created. Jane was not too impressed! For days this provided much SUPERVISED fun for Austin. Finally we collapsed the tunnel and cavern leaving a giant hole in the ground. This then remained for several more weeks until we decided to fill the hole back in. What a job - it took 3 of us to do it!
Later that night I was reflecting on Austin’s hole in the ground and an analogy came to me. Austin dug the hole with relative ease all by himself, but filling the hole required the help of others. In the same way, we can “dig” ourselves into holes by the things we do and say without much effort. The hard part is filling in the holes we have created. Think about sin for a moment. It is relatively easy to dig a big hole of sin in our lives, but we can never fill it back in without the help of Jesus.
What holes have you dug recently in your life? Are you trying to fill them back in by yourself? Do you need to allow Jesus or one of His children to help? Just food for thought!
Loving and Leading,
Jeff Powell
