Our Footsteps: This Old House - Gospel Thoughts for the Week

Saturday, July 19, 2008

This Old House - Gospel Thoughts for the Week

There's a big old stately-looking brick house in our city. It looked rather odd though this morning as I drove past. There were alot of people standing around gawking at it. It's been vacant for years. At first glance, it looks good on the outside though. A closer look reveals that it has no foundation and it is in deplorable condition.

Apparently, the house has some history. The Troutman's built and owned the house (the builders and owners of the Troutman department stores that were once popular in Western Pennsylvania. Years of deterioration led to eventual plans to demolish the structure that would make room for a parking lot for the adjacent business. Someone who thought the place had potential bought the house for a dollar, but the real cost is in moving it a block away to its new 'home'. The costs of moving and renovating are likely going to be exceedingly more than the house will be worth when all is said and done.

Someday, this house will be resting on a firm foundation and will be restored to its intended splendor. It will be a beautiful building, bustling with activity. Someone saw that this house was worth saving, and spared no expense to accomplish it.

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