Blog 3922 – 08.19.2026

A Firm Foundation 

As a boy in Sunday School and in Bible Class in public school I grew up with the parable of the man who built his house on shifting sand, unstable soil, and when the winds and rain came, great was the fall thereof. As I watched the preparation, the pouring, and finishing of the great concrete slab for the mini-mansion going up beside our late forties ranch style house, the message of that parable came back two me.

In recent years, we in Houston have experienced a devastating derecho, a hurricane direct hit with high winds, and flooding from a tropical storm that together brought down a huge oak tree and two very talk pecan trees in the lot next door. Those storms together left the whole street without power for an entire week on two occasions.

The Oak Forest community of today in addition to having many of these larger two story homes that I refer to as many mansions has far fewer tall trees than it did a few years ago. Many large oaks and tall pines no longer block the skyline instead the taller newer home do that. 

For the last couple of years we have had a view of the sky we never did before. In a few months that will be blocked out by the rising new house that will going up on the big foundation they poured just yesterday. This home is being build on a firm foundation. 

Homes, businesses, institutions, and especially politician campaigns built on shoddy foundations, short cuts, and misinformation cannot last. All it takes is a little rain, a little wind, or a little scandal to bring them down.

In the parable it was the house that was built upon the rock that withstood the storm. It was built to last.

Your friend and fellow traveler,

David James White