Workmanship

 

I don’t know why, but I just like to saw wood.  I like the smell of western cedar and the smell of yellow pine.  I like sawdust and shavings.  Woodworking seems to be in my blood.  I have made some nice pergolas this year, and each one that I make has slight improvements.  But I also have made some old-school Lincoln logs that are teeny-tiny.  The pergolas are made of rough-cut lumber with six-inch posts, but the Lincoln logs are made with tiny notches within two thousandths of an inch.  Each has a different challenge requiring different skillsets.  One is big and heavy while the other is little and detailed.  Hey, that’s a great picture of each of us humans.  We are each different; we are each individuals who are unique.  The apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:10 that “… we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus …”  Hey, each of us are made by Jesus Christ individually!  You receive half of your thousands of traits from your father and half from your mother.  But God alone determines your mix of genes and which ones that you get!  You may be designed by God to be careful and detailed when you go about your work, while your brother may be careless and happy-go-lucky.  You may be sensitive and caring with others while your sister may be more of a big picture person good at running a company.  But each of us must realize that God made us exactly how we are for a specific purpose.  And that purpose is to give God glory and praise.  We are God’s beautiful pergola, or we are God’s detailed Lincoln logs.  Hey, what gives you pleasure?  What do you enjoy doing?  Then do it to the best of your ability … to the glory of God!