Billie
09-16-2006, 07:02 AM
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."
The carpenter was shocked!
What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.
But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!
"Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely--we used to build our house (body) out of flimsy material. There was no foundation becasue we didn't worry about protein, we had sugar! There were no windows or views into the future because the only thing we were viewing was television on the couch.
Maybe those are a bit dramatic, but I liked this verse about life is a do it yourself project...nobody else can build our house for us and nobody can repair the damages but us!
Have a great day! Meeting our friends for coffee and although feeing incfredibly sad with my friend's death, in my mind are the words at the funeral yesterday--What would Susan do? For she was always the go to person for knowing what to do, I think she would say build our houses strong!
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."
The carpenter was shocked!
What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.
But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!
"Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely--we used to build our house (body) out of flimsy material. There was no foundation becasue we didn't worry about protein, we had sugar! There were no windows or views into the future because the only thing we were viewing was television on the couch.
Maybe those are a bit dramatic, but I liked this verse about life is a do it yourself project...nobody else can build our house for us and nobody can repair the damages but us!
Have a great day! Meeting our friends for coffee and although feeing incfredibly sad with my friend's death, in my mind are the words at the funeral yesterday--What would Susan do? For she was always the go to person for knowing what to do, I think she would say build our houses strong!