Some guys are on the roof over the kitchen today. It's had some leaks the last couple of winters, and they've patched it up a few times. This year, though, I decided that the patches are not holding and it's time to do something more drastic. So the guys are on the roof over the kitchen. They've torn it off completely, even down to the rafters, and are rebuilding it from the ceiling joists up. I hope this rebuild at a better angle will help the water wash off better, keep ice dams from building up in the wintertime, and keep our kitchen nice and dry.
I guess that's the way repentance ought to work. Sometimes I guess we think that it's OK just to "patch things up" and go on with our lives. After all, that's the easiest fix for a roof and a relationship. But when we discover that the patches aren't holding, maybe it's time to tear everything apart, all the way down to the bare bones, and build it up again a bit differently.
That's a lot harder, more time-consuming, and more expensive that just "patching things up." I'm talking repentance here, and not just roofs. The repentance / forgiveness / reconciliation paradigm is a lot harder, more time-consuming, and costs more (in terms of what? Pride? Ego?) than just "patching things up." But if relationships work like roofs, it's a better and longer-lasting fix for both.
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