Finding Level Ground

There is an old wooden level on a shelf above my computer. Marvin Thiessen, one of our faithful volunteers used it for years as he worked on projects around the Evangel Home. When he left us about 10 years ago he told me to keep the level because he wouldn’t need it any more. I kept it in a desk drawer, found it during a recent cleaning flurry, and decided it needed a place of honor. So it is now poised slightly below eye level as I look at my computer screen.

I kept it because it was a wonderful memory of Marvin, but now I display because it is a pointed reminder of God. I can mock the wisdom of the world, and I can worry about the problems of Evangel Home. However, in the end, it is my responsibility to keep the bubble in the middle — to keep my relationship with Him level.

Because my desk isn’t quite level, the bubble is never in the middle. Pencils roll off of the desk, but I can adjust to the slight imbalance. I can adjust, but in order to be totally level – to get that bubble in the middle – I need help. Isn’t that what our relationship with Jesus is all about? We need His help to stay balanced in a world that is full of subtle inclines and steep curves. Many choose to negotiate the terrain on their own, and like that bubble suspended in the yellow liquid of Marvin’s level, their lives constantly move from side to side and end to end.

Thank you for helping us provide our women and children a place where they can find solid ground and understand what it means to stay balanced in Christ.