Remodeling For The Best

This week is a big week at the Bullard house. Last year we had our home gutted and had everything redone. It turned out amazing and has brought us much joy and will for years to come. Upon completion of the inside, we looked and felt like we wanted to address our backyard. That brings me to today’s blog.

We have been blessed to be in a home that had a pool when we bought it. We have definitely gotten our money’s worth out of the pool because we are in it several times a week when the weather is nice. However, the backyard is over 10 years old since the pool has been installed, and we want to update our backyard. We are having a covered patio area installed and having the concrete on our patio resurfaced. To resurface the patio the workers had to bring grinders to remove the top layer of the current patio. They worked a whole day just grinding away at every part of the patio, and if you understand concrete you know that grinding off the top layer will create a lot of dust. We have dust particles in our pool, all over our garage, some got through the French doors onto our wood floors—it was everywhere. Now, I could have gone out and said, “Stop!” but we would never experience the blessing of a new patio. So, in a few days we will be cleaning everything so that we can get back to normal.

Jesus looked into the lives of every one of us and said that our hearts are covered by sin and need to be resurfaced. It was because of His love for us that He came and willingly died on a cross for us. We all have sins that need to be forgiven, and the work that Jesus did on the cross is all that is required to find forgiveness. If we simply open up our hearts and accept Christ’s gift of forgiveness we will be saved. Now, in the process of forgiveness a lot of dust might be exposed. Things that need to be cleaned up like our language, the way we treat others, what we allow into our minds, and so on, but if you are forgiven you have overcome those things and through the power of the Holy Spirit you are free from them. It may take a while to clean up all the dust, but you will get it cleaned up and the new you will be a wonderful creation in Christ.