My sister Val and her husband Terry had a terrifying experience two weeks ago. In the middle of the night they smelled smoke and opened the bedroom door to flames. They escaped their home in Guelph unharmed, clad only in their pyjamas. The house from the outside apparently looks quite good. However in an email we learned that everything inside was black from the fire and wet from the water that doused the flames. Not much can be salvaged. They have been left with almost nothing. Insurance will cover replacement value, but can't replace sentimental items, family heirlooms, family photos, etc.
Obviously we feel so badly for them and empathize with their loss and the great inconvenience this causes. They have been told that if the house can be rebuilt it will be from the studs inward. They will not return to their rebuilt home for a year. We and they are just thankful to God that they escaped unharmed.
Sometime after receiving this news, we were talking about the devastation of losing everything. Jan commented: "That will happen to all of us one day." Yes, we all know this, but we all need to be reminded. Look at the things you value most: because you made them; because they have sentimental value; because they cost a lot of money. Remember that they are simply things - one day destroyed by fire, or in the words of Jesus, destroyed by "moth and rust".
Peter wrote to 1st century Christians: "Since everything will be destroyed --- what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming?" II Peter 3:11
Obviously we feel so badly for them and empathize with their loss and the great inconvenience this causes. They have been told that if the house can be rebuilt it will be from the studs inward. They will not return to their rebuilt home for a year. We and they are just thankful to God that they escaped unharmed.
Sometime after receiving this news, we were talking about the devastation of losing everything. Jan commented: "That will happen to all of us one day." Yes, we all know this, but we all need to be reminded. Look at the things you value most: because you made them; because they have sentimental value; because they cost a lot of money. Remember that they are simply things - one day destroyed by fire, or in the words of Jesus, destroyed by "moth and rust".
Peter wrote to 1st century Christians: "Since everything will be destroyed --- what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming?" II Peter 3:11
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