It Will Be Worth It

I had planned for yesterday to be a quiet day.  That didn't happen.  Turns out that yesterday was the day for the sprinkler system to be installed, which meant there was a lot more noise around here than what I was expecting.

When we bought this house last year, the back yard was in a "natural" state and covered with pine needles.  Last fall's heavy rains were washing the yard away, so Al and I decided some grass would help to hold the yard in place. Early this spring, sod was put down in the back yard and some landscaping was done. 

We were thrilled with how it all turned out. But then came the drought!

We couldn't spend that much money on new grass only to let it die because there was no rain, so Al rigged up a system of hoses and sprinklers to water the grass, and it thrived.  However, watering this much grass with hoses and sprinklers is not a very efficient way to water.  Some areas got too much water; others, not enough.  And there were those hoses strung out all over the yard.

Eventually we decided installing a sprinkler system would be the best way to deal with the issue.  Once we had selected the company who would do the work, we were told it would be about three weeks before they could get to it.  Yesterday was the day.  And now my beautiful green grass has "dirt stripes" all through it!

 

Work in the front yard was done first and then they moved down one side of the house and to the back yard.  This morning I once again am hearing the sounds of the trencher as they are here to finish up today.

I know it will be worth it.  If I hadn't thought so already, I would have been convinced when I walked to the mailbox yesterday and saw our water bill!  Yes, we will still be paying to water the yard, but this sprinkler system will be ever so much more efficient than what we have been doing.

It will be worth it.  We won't be wasting so much water.  And eventually the grass will grow back over the "dirt stripes".  It will be worth it.  I keep telling myself that.

Life is a lot like that, isn't it?  We have to keep reminding ourselves that all the "dirt stripes" of life will be worth it all in the end.  When we see Jesus!

There is much in life that is unpleasant.  And inconvenient.  And painful.  And messy. But it will be worth it all.  When we see Jesus!

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us."  (Romans 8:18 NASB)

It will be worth it all when we see Jesus;

Life's trials will seem so small when we see Christ.

One glimpse of His dear face all sorrow will erase,

So bravely run the race 'til we see Christ.

(Esther L. Kerr Rushtoi)