The House Won't Fall When the Bones are Good
Jeremy Johnson
Founder- Life/Relationship Coach/Hope Igniter-Jeremy Johnson Coaching || Storyteller, Author, Speaker
I have this song on repeat and I can’t turn it off. Yes it’s a great song by Maren Morris, but the lyrics get me every time. This idea that if the bones are good, the rest won’t matter and the house won’t fall if the bones are good. The writer of the song lets us decide what the “bones” really are, but as a believer, the foundation of any relationship or home is the foundation of God. This song reminds me of the scripture in Matthew 7 that says, “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
This sounds easy, but to be honest these days, we try to build our foundation on everything but God and that’s when it crashes and ends in disappointment and heartbreak. However when we build our foundation on the solid rock of God’s standard and not by the world’s standards, the song becomes true and the house won’t fall when the bones are good. The rest really doesn’t matter. It doesn’t mean that there won’t be storms and trials, it means God will walk through every one of them with us. What would happen if we built every relationship and our family on the solid foundation of Christ? What if we truly started with the foundation and made that the most important thing in our life? The paint could peel, the glass could shatter, the walls may shake, the roof may even blow off but the bones holds everything together and God will never leave us or forsake us. We will be blessed when we build our home, our family, our relationship, our friendships on the solid rock, rather than the shifting sands of the world.
Here are the lyrics:
We're in the homestretch of the hard times
We took a hard left, but we're alright
Yeah, life sure can try to put love through it, but
We built this right, so nothing's ever gonna move it
When the bones are good, the rest don't matter
Yeah, the paint could peel, the glass could shatter
Let it rain 'cause you and I remain the same
When there ain't a crack in the foundation
I know any storm we're facing
Will blow right over while we stay put
The house don't fall when the bones are good
Call it dumb luck, but baby, you and I
Can't even mess it up, although we both try
No, it don't always go the way we planned it
But the wolves came and went and we're still standing
Results-Driven Sales Professional | Tech-Savvy Business Developer | Customer Service Champion
1 年I just discovered this song and this article. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Instructional Design and Project Management
2 年My interpretation of the song is decidedly more secular. I’ve seen couples who disagree on religion and faith still have a successful relationship because they have solid conflict resolution skills, emotional health and compatibility. These are “the bones”—to suggest that it’s God or a religious context exclusively is to deny that there are healthy secular couples with a solid relationship foundation. I can attest that this is not true.
Inventory Ops
2 年While writing a business plan, these words came to me to sum up my scope and strategy. Of course, I didn't want to take credit for them being mine so I Googled to get the info for a citation and found your article. Thanks, it was a blessing to read. Articles like this helps me keep grounding.
LEASING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER, TRANSITIONS MGR., MARKETING DIR; DEDICATED TO SERVICE, COMPASSION & EMPOWERING OTHERS
3 年Exactly what I have been thinking Jeremy oh, I woke up with these lyrics in my head in the middle of the night and found your article. Thank you for putting it into words!
Bank Teller at Community Bank
4 年Don't know why but these words ended up in my daily devotions email. No article or anything else...hmm..so I searched and came across the article first. My husband is fighting, with God's help, cancer. We are believers. We belive in miracles and that all that can help now. I'll listen to the song next. We've stood strongly married for nearly 40 years with God as our third strand. Thanks for this mystery..wink wink..email.