Advent Word: House
This house is built on rock. It stands near the harbour at Pittenween, Fifeshire, Scotland. This house, built on rock foundations has withstood rain, high tides, wind, hail and snowstorms since the 18th century. It is built on secure foundations. When I thought about today's word 'house' for Day 6 of the Advent Word Calendar 2019 my mind went straight back to being a child in Sunday School. I remember so often singing a chorus, "The wise man built his house upon the rock." That children's chorus was based on a parable of Jesus about people who hear Jesus words and act on them, in contrast to those who hear Jesus' words and do not act on them. I loved singing about the house on the rock standing firm in rain, floods and winds, while the house on the sand fell FLAT. In Matthew's Gospel, the parable of the wise and foolish builders comes at the end of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Here is the parable: "Everyone then who hears these w...