November 21, 2010

The Lord's Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builder


“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”


- Matthew 7:24-27

Icon fresco from Hilandari Monastery on Mount Athos