This week I have taken part in helping to build aa home in Etters, Pa that is a project by ABC's show "Extreme Home Makeover". For those who have never seen the show (I find it hard to believe most haven't), Ty Pennington along with a small design team comes to a selected family somewhere and either completely tears down their existing home or just a portion of the home and rebuild it to meet certain needs that family has. The families are selected based on their need and usually are people who have sacrificed to try and help themselves or others. Once the family is selected and plans are made, the company gets a home builder to take the lead in building the home by getting thousands of volunteers both skilled and unskilled. They take a week and build the new home. The family is brought home to a new brand new house. I love watching the show to see how the people are shocked and blessed by their new home. There is another extreme home makover I really want to experience not just for me but for everyone.
A day is coming and I believe it will be soon when we get to experience our home makeover in two ways. First we as believers will be taken to a new location. Our home will no longer be here on Earth but in heavenly glory with our Lord and Savior. We will see Heaven in all its glory and see the saints of old as well as our loved ones who have gone there before us. We will no longer worry about keeping up our homes up here and doing constant repairs. Our heavenly home will not need repairs so there is no need for Lowes or Home Depots in Heaven. We will be there for a short period of time (seven years if you want to know) then we return to Earth with Jesus when He comes back to Jerusalem to rule and reign here on Earth. The second makeover we get to expeience is that of our own tent. Our bodies will be transformed into glorified bodies. What does that mean to us? It simply means that we are changed from these mortal bodies into eternal bodies. Our new "tents" will not suffer from distress, disease or death! Many would desire that today if they are like me but we must wait for the day Jesus calls us heavenward to our eternal reward. Oh for that day to come! Imagine not being affected by old age , cancer or anything else like that! Wow! Now that is an Extreme Tent Makeover! Doctors will no longer be necessary since sicknesses have been done away with. The cool thing with this makeover is that the work has already been done by one man so all the volunteers are not required to do this rebuild. The only volunteers necessary are those who will let Jesus rebuild their lives. Jesus is the Architect and Builder of these new tents. Frank Llyod Wright was a great architect but doesn't compare to to what Jesus can build!
There are two reveals on the Extreme Home Makeover show. The first reveal is to the family that will get the makeover. The design team shows up and checks the family's home out then gets the family off on vacation for the week. The second reveal is when they get home to see the new house. Jesus has revealed Himself to the world when He came as a baby to give Himself as a sacrifice for our sin. He is going to reveal Himself the secons time to us when He comes back for us. My prayer is that many who are lost will have Jesus reveal Himself to them before we get our second reveal. Let's volunteer to help Jesus spread the Gospel to those who are pershing.
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