A Good Start
I am a horrible project planner--at least at home. A couple years ago we had the idea to build a closet in some empty space over the garage. It was my wife's idea and a great one. It's been 2 years and it may be finished in a month. About a day into the project I knew I was in over my head. 2 years later we hired a contractor to finish it but after the basic work and finishing touches it has been a lot more complicated and a lot more costly than we originally anticipated. Thinking through this, I remembered Jesus' teaching about counting the cost. His example for this admonition is a man who builds with no plan or thought to the cost of finishing. King of describes my approach to home improvement. Luke 14:25-33 “If one of you wanted to build a tower, wouldn’t you first sit down and calculate the cost, to determine whether you have enough money to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when you have laid the foundation but couldn’t finish the tower, all who see i