Does Your Fence Need Mending?

Did you ever stop and think about fences? Fences are quite interesting because its reason for existence is twofold: it either keeps things in or keeps things out. But what about fences in our spiritual life? Does your fence need mending? Here is a short writing I discovered from Jessica Powers called Repairer of Fences.

I am alone in the dark, and I am thinking
What darkness would be mine if I could see
The ruin I wrought in every place I wandered
And if I could not be
Aware of One who follows after me.
Whom do I love, O God, when I love Thee?
The great Undoer who has torn apart
The walls I built against a human heart,
The Mender who has sewn together the hedges
Through which I broke when I went seeking ill,
The Love who follows and forgives me still.
Fumbler and fool that I am, with things around me
Of fragile make like souls, how I am blessed
To hear behind me footsteps of a Savior!
I sing to the east; I sing to the west:
God is my repairer of fences, turning my paths into rest.

Fences can keep us from growing spiritually if we don’t open up the gate to let God in. If our fence has been damaged by past behaviors or actions, we need to allow God to repair that which is broken. That’s why we need to turn to God and ask for forgiveness and for the strength to resist temptation when it comes our way – and to try to be better. We cannot dwell on the past, but strive to make ourselves better for the future.

God is the great repairer of fences. All we have to do is step aside and allow God to make us whole again.

Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. ~Ephesians 6:13

Do you trust God? Do you really trust God? Find out.