Editorial February 17, 1992 Issue

Weathering storms

Elaine Natale

Before a skyscraper goes up, many pilings are driven deep into the ground to ensure stability. Then the heavily reinforced concrete foundation is constructed. For quite a long time it may seem that not much is happening. But care in this foundation work is crucial, since without a sound basis the skyscraper would be vulnerable to shifting and even collapse.

Foundation-building is important in people's lives, too. If we want to be truly secure, what we think and do needs to have a firm basis on moral and spiritual bedrock. Whatever is based in truth, the Bible tells us, ultimately succeeds. When there is sufficient "structural integrity" or "soundness" in our motives and methods, things don't begin to fall apart.

One of Christ Jesus' parables in the book of Matthew deals with this need for a right foundation. He tells of a wise man who built his house upon a rock. When the rain, floods, and winds beat furiously upon the house, it stood. Then Jesus provides a contrast. A foolish man built his house on sand. When the storms came, that house fell.

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