Once when I was reading the account in Matthew 24:24-27 of the wise man who built his house on a rock and the foolish man who built his house on sand I noticed for the first time that the rain fell on both houses. The wise man’s house was able to withstand the rain while the foolish man’s house was washed away. Somehow I had always assumed that the foolish man’s house was the one that got rained on even though in plain English it says that the rain fell on both houses. This realization caused a paradigm shift. Rain, or troubles, fall on everyone and the difference is the foundation upon which I am built. Thank goodness for the gospel of Jesus Christ that gives me a firm foundation.
