I like watching the furniture flippers on YouTube. They take a piece of abused, broken furniture, often headed to the dump,and then, step by step, they restore it. Often to better than its original glory, now ready for a special place in its new home.
This process reminds me of how the Savoir works on us. Once we allow him to claim us as His, the work commences.
He cleans us, years of dirt, debris, stickiness.
He repairs us, every chipped corner, or broken slider. Until we work as he wants us to work.
Sometimes this takes some scraping. Sometimes multiple applications of paint strippers, until we are left raw and exposed, wood down to it's grain. Now it is sanded smooth and clean, and something beautiful begins to emerge.
I get excited when the natural beauty of the wood comes through. And then it gets enhanced. Different stains are applied that bring out the natural beauty further. For us, I see those as the stains of humility, faith, charity and other god-like virtues.
Then it is sealed. More easily to defend itself against the ravages of life.
