What you need to know is that this is no ordinary china cabinet. In fact, those doors became a symbol for me, a sign of continuity when everything else was in transition. You could even say that everything I need to know about life I learned from my china cabinet. Be willing to explore the possibilities. Somehow, slowly, we saw the possibilities and caught a vision of what our house could be like.
Attractive results come only after hard work.
Much of what makes the finished product both beautiful and durable is the grunt work that came first. In the same way, the Christian character and maturity to which I aspire doesn t come instantaneously. Justification happened at the cross, but sanctification is a lifelong journey. A work in progress is not a failure. Our original plan was to do the remodeling in six weeks.