{"id":772,"date":"2008-07-28T11:13:43","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T18:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=772"},"modified":"2008-07-28T11:13:43","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T18:13:43","slug":"building-with-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2008\/building-with-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Building With Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to see some sand sculptures like the ones photographed on July 12 at Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset, England) beach. On that beach &#8220;the sand has the right consistency for perfect sculpting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the first image is a North American sand sculpture &#8212; consisting of totem poles, bears, a hockey player, fir trees and buildings sculpted by Jill and Thomas from Florida.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/d.yimg.com\/us.yimg.com\/p\/ap\/20080712\/capt.9564ddaf9ff148cabb8b76f3375684a4.britain_sand_sculptures_lon802.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" alt=\"North American sand sculpture\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Next check out this lion and &#8220;Sand Rover&#8221; (built by I don&#8217;t know who).<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/d.yimg.com\/us.yimg.com\/p\/ap\/20080709\/capt.7a3bbf98837a48698bd28e897fdf2017.britain_sand_sculptures_lon801.jpg\" alt=\"Another sand sculpture\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t those amazing?! And neat?! Those folks are quite the artists!<\/p>\n<p>But doesn&#8217;t it seem kinda dumb to invest that kind of time and talent and effort into something as short-lasting as a monument of sand?<\/p>\n<p>Jesus warned against building on sand. These folks build <i>with<\/i> sand <i>on<\/i> sand.<\/p>\n<p>There are good life lessons in that, no?<\/p>\n<p><font color=red><b>&#8220;And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand&#8221;<\/b><\/font> (Matthew 7:26).<\/p>\n<p>On what you building your life?<\/p>\n<p>And with what are you building?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to see some sand sculptures like the ones photographed on July 12 at Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset, England) beach. 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