Building Walls

Rebuilt

It can be really difficult sometimes to see God’s image in the people we come in contact with.  The checkout clerk at the store, he does his job nothing more, no smile, no hello, the only words he speaks being the amount you owe for your small collection of goods.  Why is he like that, why does showing welcome to a stranger seem so impossible to him?  Does he think he is better than others?  Does he fear what others will think of him, if they see below that solid impenetrable wall that he hides in the depths of? 

Maybe that’s the problem, walking through every day we only see the walls built up on the outside, sometimes brick, sometimes stone or wood, but still they are walls.  You can’t see through them, or around them, all you can see is what the person hangs on them.  Sometimes they may dress them in beautiful clothes, other times they may be rags.  Sometimes the walls are constantly moving and changing, other times they are still and solid not giving to any passing force.  Sometimes you may see a smile or a hello but other times just blank eyes refusing to give clue to what lays behind. 

I think we all have this set of walls we instinctively build around the mansion of our souls.  The only thing is how thick do we build those walls?  How do we decorate or display them?  I love and am amazed when I come in contact with someone who has somehow conquered the age old desire to build those walls and has completely or at least mostly obliterated those walls.  Instead you get to see huge bay windows and doors, breath taking artwork adorning the rooms within.  These people let all see the beautiful bright soul that lived within the mansion of their being.  Outside, may be ordinary or unusual,  but inside you get a full view of the beauty of the soul that is within. 

When Christ stated to let your light shine these are the people who have completely and ultimately conquered this task.  They let it shine like a bright lighthouse on a rocky shore.  Through the storms that stir they still shine to all who see them.

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)