Thankful for the Rock

"...everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock." (personal emphasis) 

I know we all go through those "storms" (maybe this isn't so cliche since Jesus used it first?? :)) and I know that we're all told "Oh look to Jesus." or "Pray" or "Trust the Father!" But you know that light bulb moment when something suddenly dawns on you; what has been common knowledge to everyone around you suddenly becomes that nugget of truth for you. That sort of happened for me. I had this urging desire to read Jesus's parable about the houses on the rock and the sand. I didn't even get through the whole story before I was opening up blogger to write out this truth that I found so close to home. I have a tendency to the dramatics, and I know that. But the weight of everything going on sometimes does sit on my heart, and I try not to worry about it, or think too much, but sometimes...just sometimes, it brings me a little low. For some reason or another, my heart has been very heavy, and I opened up the passage to find that verse just sticking out in bright red print: 

"yet it did not fall"

I know not only where, but Who, my foundation rests on. And because it is on the Rock, it will not fall. It was that glimmer into what Jesus meant in His parable. And I felt such peace surround my heart. 

Where does your house sit?