 bringing a crew to correct any structural damage and clean out the garbage. Forget about the repairs, the buyer said. When I buy this place, I'm going to build something completely different. I don't want the building. I want the site. Our plans for self-improvement are pale when compared with what God has planned for our lives. We often bring to Him the broken pieces of an empty life and offer to repair and replace them. We may have very good intentions and truly strive to be better, but still we seem to come up short."