Last May my city was flooded. My apartment’s on a hill and was spared any damage, so I drove to a school in my neighborhood on my day off and helped clean up a preschool that was totally ruined. Everyone was in a good mood! How is that possible? There were school staff members, church members, Walgreens employees, and neighbors joining forces and taking everything out of the preschool. All we left were the two-by-fours for the bullzoder to knock down.
Then we went next door to an elderly lady’s home and did the same. Her home was also ruined, but she was in a good mood too! I couldn’t believe it. Everyone had faith things would somehow be OK. There was such a good atmosphere of cooperation and hope that God would help them that it really did something in me. On my way home a melody came into my head : “All the walls came down but the 2x4/No did not blow the trumpet like at Jericho/But the walls came down but the 2x4...”
So obviously I thought about the story of Jericho but it also reminded me of Job, who lost everything but still praised God. And finally I thought about the rebuilding of the Temple and the walls in Jerusalem in Ezra and Nehemiah’s time. They partied for a week when they finished.
A nearby church and a group of businesses helped restore our little lady’s home, and a TV show rebuilt the preschool. Isn’t that something.
All the walls came down but the 2x4
All the walls came down but the 2x4
No did not blow the trumpet like at Jericho
But the walls came down but the 2x4
Gutted all for Misa Bulldozer
Gutted all for Misa Bulldozer
Make a way for the rock Ebenezer
Gutted all for Misa Bulldozer
Sorrow, no sorrow for tomorrow
I lend you and you borrow
Anything you need
Sorry your house it looked so comely
I'll feed you when you're hungry
Anything you need
They rebuilt the Temple, Nehemiah said
They rebuilt the Temple, Nehemiah said
Then they prayed and feasted all week when
They rebuilt the Temple, Nehemiah said
Lord You give
Lord You give
Lord You give and take away (Job 1:21)
Here's a live version of the song:
Scripture passages to reflect on: Nehemiah 8:9-18, Joshua 6, Job 1
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