Letter 4481
Building a stone wall to divide one field from another. Will my neighbors praise the careful work? Will they see my industry?
All ephemeral. The labor and responses will fade into mist. When we are all dust, the wall will remain.
Will history show it to be a pile of rocks, or will it stand straight? Will future walkers rest on it?
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Lord, let me work for the ages.
Consider:
Can I work for history today?
Reading:
❖ “Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for.” — John Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture
❖ “We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.” — Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
❖ “If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.” — 1 Corinthians 3:14 (KJV)
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~B.R.