We’re settling into a new year, and some of us have made 2026 resolutions. In the fall of 2025, my family prepared for the renovation of our home, and now we’re in the final stages. When we first began, we believed that digging for a foundation wall would be easy. Instead, it became an all-day affair. The old house’s structure was lacking, but the original foundation had been built on a solid rock ledge, common in PA’s Big Valley.
Watching the excavator’s hydraulic jack hammer breaking the rock into pieces, I thought, “my house has been built on a rock.” Matthew 7:24-27 references a wise man and a foolish man choosing which foundation to build on. Christ makes it clear that He is “The Solid Rock” (hymn)
May our 2026 resolution be this: “Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly...










