Under Construction

Billy Graham in his new book Nearing Home recalls a time his late wife Ruth, while driving in the hills near their home, saw a sign which read END OF CONSTRUCTION- THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. She wrote it down the minute she arrived home and informed her family that she wanted these words to be engraved on her tombstone. Appropriate, don't you think? We're all under construction. All the time. Right down to the very last breath we take. He's not finished with us yet. And we owe those in our world a huge "Thank you!" for putting up with the mess we so often are. Then comes that last breath- just like the one experienced by a dear friend today. End of Construction. Project completed. Journey over. Destination reached. Home. Even so, come Lord Jesus!