Ridgell's Originals

 So we are building a Barndominium/Family House/Retreat Center on our ranch.  We poured our foundation earlier this week.  And we buried a Bible in it.  On the front porch right where you walk in our front door.

Why?  

Well, first of all it is not because the Bible is the most important part of our home.  God and Jesus are.  But they are sort of in the house and wherever we are.

But we thought how great it would be to have a spiritual foundation of truth to build our Bardo on.  And since our church is studying the Sermon on the Mount and that whole build your house on the solid rock.  Not just hear, but do the words of Jesus.  

Instruction on how to live.  Proactive and reactive if needed to correct things.  

Marsha and I very much believe the Bible is the word of God.  We believe if the Bible says it, it is true.  Not was true, might be true, could be true.  Is true.  Don't belive God left out important things we didn't need.  

So Jesus is life.  God is our Father.  And the Bible is our blueprint/guide/truth for how to live that life.

Our Bardo needs a strong foundation to build on.  We want it to there for a long time.  We expect our kids and grandkids and even our great grands (someday) to enjoy being there.  

But even more we want the strong spiritual foundation.  Our hope and prayer is that there will be lots of Bible study and Jesus stories told there.

So, as my wife puts it, we did two foundations.  One for the building.  One for the people that come into that building.  

# posted by Steve @ 5:00 AM