February Challenge: Day 27

I had an amazing lesson in my seminary class today!  Seminary is a Latter Day Saints, or "Mormon", class I go to at school every day.  Our teacher is gone, so we had a wonderful substitute there to teach us.  She is very wise and loving.  I hope she doesn't mind me sharing a story she told us of when she was a teenager.  When she was younger, she stayed out late past her curfew.  She though she could sneak in while her parents were asleep, and tell them that she had come in only a few minutes late instead of the actual time she was gone.  However, this didn't work.  When she walked in, she saw her dad sitting at their kitchen table waiting for her.  He had her sit down, and he asked to her to sing him a song.  I don't know if other churches sing this song, but in our church the younger children sing a song called "The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock", also known as, "The Wise Man Song".  It goes, "The wise man built his house upon the rock, the wise man built his house upon the rock.  The wise man built his house upon the rock, and the rains came tumbling down.  The rains came down and the floods came up.  The rains came down and the floods came up.  The rains came down and the floods came up, but the house on the rock stood still."  This is the first verse, and it is supposed to represent who we should be.  If we have a firm foundation, and if we are steadfast in our church, then the bad things of this world will only be temporary.  The second verse goes, "The foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand.  The foolish man built his house upon the sand, and the rains came tumbling down.  The rains came down and the floods came up.  The rains came down and the floods came up.  The rains came down and the floods came up, and the house on the sand washed away."  This verse is supposed to represent what happens if we are not doing the things we are supposed to be doing.  If we don't love one another, or if we don't serve others, then we are building our lives on unstable grounds.  After she sang the song, her father told her that she was building her house on the sand.  This substitute is an amazing teacher and woman, and she told us that we should learn from her mistake, and not make the same one.  Her example really touched me today.  She really made me think about what I'm building my house on.  Sometimes it feels like sand, but other times it feels like a rock.  I'm so grateful for those around me who can teach me how to better myself, and teach me how to build on a rock instead of sand.  They all mean so much to me, and I hope they know that.  ~Sky