Jesus is the One, Genuine and Proven Foundation to Build our Lives On

Mrs Diane Mary Markey
6 min readFeb 17, 2023

Jesus is our rock and our foundation.

Illustration of Jesus teaching his followers, supplied by pixabay.com

Our Lord Jesus is the foundation of our lives. The truth He speaks are words of love, hope and peace.

Many people heard Jesus’s parables and built their lives upon His words.

There are two examples where people wanted more from Jesus than mere stories. These two people are quite familiar to us. Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman at the well. (Refer to: John 3:1–36; 19:38–42 and John 4:7–9.) These two people, when they encountered Jesus, realized this Rabbi had valuable spiritual truths to teach. Each drew closer to our Lord instead of retreating back into their own lives.

Nicodemus in the tree, illustration by pixabay.com

Valuable spiritual truths, conveyed through Jesus’ parables, still valuable to us today.

Today’s article will look a little into Jesus’ parable:

A wise man built his house upon the rock. (The wise and foolish builders.)

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew…

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Mrs Diane Mary Markey

Published inspirational books on my love for God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. The articles on Medium also are Christian stories. Retired Counselor.