Open floorplan-living sells houses.
We love to see from the front window to the back, to have the kitchen included in the family room, and to be able to participate in family events without being separated from each other.
Then we put our glass to the icemaker and ask it to give us crushed ice. Cruuunch, whakka, whakka, craaaack! The dishwasher begins to fill, and swish, swish, swish. Then there’s the disposal… and mixers, blenders, and pots banging on the stove. Why, oh why did we buy open concept?
And we turn up the television yet another notch, either that or run to another room.
Isn’t that like life? We get married, and everything’s good. Then the mortgage comes due, the job search kicks in, the kids come along, and we must prepare dinner every night. Why, oh why did we choose the life we live?
Our spiritual direction gets lost in the hubbub, and it’s up to us to turn up the volume another notch.
Luke 7:22 exclaims with great fanfare:
“And he answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.’ ”
God just hit the volume up control. The blind receive their sight. Woo-woo! The lame walk. Chugga-chow! Lepers are cleansed. Diggity-dog! The deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news preached to them.
Whaat!?! Where did that one come from… the poor have good news preached to them? We were so excited, then we hear that? Isn’t that rather ordinary?
Not by God’s standard. The rest are cool, but the true excitement arises from those who hear the gospel and turn their eyes to Christ. When that happens, we’ve cranked the volume to full blast, and the problems of this life are drowned out. They’re still there, but we can no longer hear them over the glorious message of salvation that rings out every minute of every day.
Can we get a shout over that?
Life is an open floorplan. Let’s make sure ours is filled with the good news of Christ our Lord.
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