After years of trying to keep the roof of the church building patched up, constantly replacing slipped and slipping slates,
the roof is now being completely renewed (along with some rotten woodwork and dingy looking UPVC work).
In itself it is a gospel message. There is no point in trying to patch up sinful, corrupted lives. Outwardly they might
look good for a while, but in the end the inner corruption and brokenness come to the surface. The Lord offers us new lives
for old. The past is forgiven; the old life is dealt the death blow and we become alive in Christ Jesus. You don’t need to
be reformed or to try to turn over a new leaf. You must be born again-complete renewal. That’s why Jesus died on Calvary;
that’s why His blood was shed so that you could be forgiven. That’s why He rose again from the dead, so that you could walk
in newness of life.
And on a wider issue, never forget what the Word of God says: “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that
build it.” Psalm 127 v 1
