Termites!

So whenever I think of termites, I think of wood eating little insects
that can cause havoc. Well, now that I've been here for 8 months, I see
termites in a whole new light. I didn't know that termites will eat
anything! I'll throw my mango seeds on the ground, and a couple of
hours later I'll come back to termite dirt surrounding the seed. When I
touch it, there's a hollow middle, and no more mango seed. Two Sabbaths
ago, I woke up to the kids at my house taking out big loads of dirt from
my sister's hut. They told me it was termites making a nest in her hut,
but well, I've been here for so long, and I know that termites are in
all huts, so I didn't really think anything of it. Two days later, I
see them doing the same thing. I walked into her hut I just saw this
dirt pile taking form on one wall. It was 1ft tall, 4ft long, and 2ft
wide. it was crazy! As they were taking this mud house apart there
were millions of termites! Some of the bigger ones they were taking and
putting into a pot for later, and the rest they just took outside. But
obviously, taking them outside didn't help, because the next day they
were back with almost the same amount of mud for their house. I think
my family has given up though, so the nest is still there, and there are
still millions of termites. When I walk into the room, and step next to
the nest, I can hear them scurrying from one side of the nest to the
other, almost like a drizzle of rain on a tin roof. In my hut, the
ceiling is wood, grass, and mud, and for the past couple of months I've
heard chewing in my roof. I didn't/couldn't really do anything about
it, and so the chewing continued. I walked into my hut a while back and
saw dirt all over my clothes. I looked on the ground and a almost a
5lbs piece of dirt chillin on my flood. The termites had eaten through
my roof and dirt fell through. Termites also ate a mirror frame of
mine, and some of Matthew's clothes, and some of the missionaries books,
and food, and houses...these things just don't stop, they do more and
more damage, and eat more and more things. I realized this is how it is
in my walk with Christ. There are things that consume me. At first
they don't do much damage, and so I don't do anything about them, but
them one day I find a dirt clod in my heart. I have termite mud as my
faith, and though it's strong on the outside, the inside is hollow. I
don't know what kind if things are eating at you today. Maybe it's your
marriage, family problems, health, stress, school, music, temptations.
Whatever it is, don't let it consume you. Unlike the termites here,
there is a way to get rid of these problems. It will take work,
patience, and faith in God, but He can heal your termite infested heart,
and give you a new heart of flesh. Won't you ask Him?