Count the Cost
Before! |
When my husband came home that evening the whole kitchen floor was removed, and I had partially taken down one of the kitchen walls.
What
seemed like a great idea at the time—turned out to be a four month ordeal washing dishes in the bathroom sink and sometimes the bathtub,
cooking all our meals in the microwave (okay, maybe we do that all the time) but I did developed a serious cough from the dust that lasted until the end of the remodel.
Normally, a person would plan ahead before the demolition--I did not! I had not per-ordered cupboards or counter-tops, each of these can take weeks to a month to arrive. I did not have a construction person lined up. Nor did I prepared for the rubbish that needed to be hauled away.
My kitchen turned out beautiful, but it would have been a much better experience had I planned it out better before diving in.
"Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?" Luke 14:27-28
Counting the cost doesn't mean you never move forward. These scriptures aren't giving the Believer a forever pass to stand at the drawing board planning but never doing.
Sooner or later you're gonna have to remove that first floor tile. It will be a better experience, if you prepare before hand for what is coming.
Count the cost--then get on your knees and get to work.
Normally, a person would plan ahead before the demolition--I did not! I had not per-ordered cupboards or counter-tops, each of these can take weeks to a month to arrive. I did not have a construction person lined up. Nor did I prepared for the rubbish that needed to be hauled away.
My kitchen turned out beautiful, but it would have been a much better experience had I planned it out better before diving in.
"Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?" Luke 14:27-28
After! |
Sooner or later you're gonna have to remove that first floor tile. It will be a better experience, if you prepare before hand for what is coming.
Count the cost--then get on your knees and get to work.
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