O TYM ODCINKU
An anonymous writer penned these insightful words.
“I saw them tearing a building down,
a group of men in a busy town.
With a hefty blow and a lusty yell,
They swung with zest,
and the sidewall fell.
I asked the foremen,
“are these men skilled?
The kind you would hire,
if you had to build?”
He looked at me, and laughed,
“no, indeed!
Unskilled labor is all I need.
Why, they can wreck in a day or two,
What has taken builders years to do.”
I asked myself, as I went my way,
which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder with rule and square,
measuring and constructing with skill and care?
Or am I the wrecker, who ruins the town,
content with the business of tearing down?”
“For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”
— James 3:16 (NIV)
Lord Jesus, forgive me for the damage I have done, the people I have hurt. Make me a builder and not a wrecker. In Your holy name I pray. Amen.
