Hammer

Morning prayer for me often centres on the BBC programme 'Homes under the Hammer'. It is a perfect illustration of the way God can take and transform a property, in my vision, the property being a human being.Two delightful 'priests' being Lucy Aexander and Martin Roberts find property in various stages of disrepair or even dereliction.  They attend an auction at which somebody puts in an offer for it. They discuss what needs to be done to make it habitable and how much it might cost. Later they go back to the property to see how far the transformation has progressed. Often what had appeared to be a hopeless house has been improved beyond belief, so that it is now 'fit for purpose'.  I picture the auction room in which  God makes the top bid so that the property becomes his own. The cost is what God pays for the property in suffering on the cross. Now it can be transformed and made a thing of use and beauty. A troubled person, in disrepair, can place their lives 'under the hammer' and  undergo a complete transformation after our Father puts in a top bid to make them his own.