As spiritual leaders, it is important that we stay firmly grounded. After all, we do not want our people being led by someone who is blown sideways by every sly or crafty doctrine that comes along. And I believe in doing things that emphasize our determination to be strong leaders.

Which leads to this…

My wife, Marsha, and I are building a Barndominium/Family House/Retreat Center on our ranch. We poured our foundation earlier this month. And we buried a Bible in it. On the front porch right where you walk in our front door.

Why?  

Well, first of all, it is not because the Bible is the most important part of our home. God and Jesus are. They are always in the house and with us wherever we are.

But we thought how great it would be to have a spiritual foundation of truth to build our Bardo on. And our church is studying the Sermon on the Mount, which reminded us of that whole “build your house on the solid rock” idea. Don’t just hear but do the words of Jesus.  

Instruction on how to live. Proactive and reactive if needed to correct things.  

Marsha and I very much believe the Bible is the word of God. We believe if the Bible says it, it is true. Not was true, might be true, could be true. Is true. Don't believe God left out important things we need. And do believe if God said it, we need it.  

Jesus is life. God is our Father. And the Bible is our blueprint/guide/truth for how to live that life. It really is a light to our path.

Our Bardo needs a strong foundation to build on. We want it to be there for a long time. We expect our kids and grandkids and even our great grands (someday) to enjoy being there.  

But even more we want the strong spiritual foundation. Our hope and prayer is that there will be lots of Bible study and Jesus stories told there. Not just by us, but by our family for a long time.

So, as my wife puts it, we did two foundations. One for the building. One for the people that come into that building.

And that is why we put a Bible in our foundation.