Relationships Are Like Old Barns

[306 words] Not too long ago I read the story of a farmer who was just devastated over the fact that his barn’s roof fell in. Someone asked the farmer, “what happened?” The farmer told the one asking the question that the roof had been leaking so long that the timbers just rotted through. Of course, one’s initial thought is why did he let the roof get so bad before fixing it? Here was the farmer’s response: “Well…it just seemed…when the weather was good, there weren’t no need for it, and when it rained, it was too wet to work on it.” I find that relationships are much like that old barn in the story. Could it be that some of our relationships are on the brink of collapsing because efforts have not been made all along to strengthen their infrastructure? What do you think will happen to that relationship…