When we pastored a small church years ago in California – Greg was always trying to improve the place.  The church was VERY run down and the property  badly neglected.  But the people in that small town were used to things a certain way – and in our church they were older and set in their ways of doing things.  They did not particularly appreciate a young pastor coming in and “shaking things up”.  Their philosophy was this:

If it ain’t broke – don’t fix it.

Well – luckily we didn’t listen and began a rather extensive remodeling  job on the inside of the church to expand the lobby and make a larger women’s bathroom.  And the outside was painted too – and believe me – there was MUCH debate on that subject – even the color of the paint.  Seems very silly now as we look back all those years ago.  But Wow!!  Did it ever change things.

Well that has been a standing joke in our house for years.  I mean – why WOULD you fix something or CHANGE something unless it is broken?  Why indeed.  Greg has almost single handedly remodeled the home that we live in – hardwood floors – a new bathroom from floor to ceiling – new wood stairs – crown molding in the downstairs – electrical – sheetrock – you name it – he CAN do it.  I don’t know many guys as handy as he is – and self taught.  It has literally saved us thousands of dollars over the years – and why we are so anxious to wait until the market improves so we can get full value for our home with all the “sweat equity” that’s gone into it.

Greg’s been doing some “moonlighting” lately with a dear friend in between his new career of weddings and funerals – working some maintenance and light construction for Starbucks.  These jobs start after closing and go to the wee hours of the morning.  Last night he was simply replacing tile that was broken and in need of repair.  Well – he was pulling a piece up to check underneath and it turned out there was no need to replace it – when all of a sudden he heard a sickening POP.  Oh no.  The tile had split in half.  And he had NO replacements.  Bummer.  A trip all the way back to his friend’s house to make a long job late at night – even LATER!!!

When should we leave well enough alone?  Do we venture in too soon sometimes to try to “fix” things and people?  Maybe – just maybe – we should leave them alone.  There is a time for everything – as stated in Ecclesiastes.

“A time to reap and time to sow – a time to mourn a time to dance – a time to fix things – and a time to JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE”  (Cindy Holman paraphrase – with apologies to our great biblical scholars)

Now the moral of this story of course is this:  If it ain’t broke – Greg will break it!!

Hope you all have an awesome day – free of incident.  Need something fixed?  Call Greg!!

God Bless!