Extreme Makeover

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but will heal us; He has injured us but He will bind our wounds.”

I love Extreme Makeover Home Edition. I love watching the families’ reactions of joy and disbelief, after "MOVE THAT BUS!" is shouted.  I love how they make such cool houses out of lame, broken buildings. Sometimes all it takes is some cleaning; a fresh coat of paint and some cool new gadgets, and the bus is moved. But sometimes more drastic measures are required. The house is torn down and rebuilt. Sometimes rotting floorboards and leaking roofs just can’t be fixed. They have to be broken down in order to be made new.

If a broken bone is left for too long, it doesn’t set right, and ends up being squiff, probably pretty painful, and a little bit useless. To get it back into place, the doctors have to break the bone and set it straight, and then allow it to heal in the right position. It’s not fun, but it’s necessary. 

The way we think and live is sometimes so screwed up that God has to break us, tear down walls and mindsets, to get us to where He wants us. But He’ll never leave us that way. He’ll heal us, rebuild us, and make us something new and beautiful. And when it’s over and the bus has moved, people will be amazed at the extreme makeover in our life. It’s what He does.