Ever since I discovered plumb-lines I have been fascinated by them. How can a weight on the end of a string be so mesmerizing? Such a simple thing and yet so informative and technically. Another instance of how those of 2500 years ago were just as advanced as us. But I just sit and watch. The line hangs, pulled by gravity directly to the centre of the earth making the perfect three dimensional right angle. This is so simple and yet so awesome, more so than the autumnal fall of leaves or the cry of a newborn babe.
God built the true wall. God is holding the plumb-line, he is measuring his own work. What a relief. We do not have to build ourselves we only have to allow God to work in us.
Why the picture of a ruin? Lonely Planet Belgium describes the Abbaye de Villers-la-Ville as one of the most beautiful places in Belgium. It is indeed very peaceful. I am sure that the monks who were living there at the time of its destruction by the French in 1796 were distraught at leaving their spiritual home. God works in mysterious ways, even through ruins. He sees walls from a different angle. His is the true view.
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