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Stonemasons
7.7.02
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Transcript:
Three stonemasons were building a cathedral when a stranger wandered by. The first stonemason was toting rocks to a pile, near a wall. “What are you doing?” said the stranger.
“Can’t you see that I’m carrying rocks?”
The stranger asked the second laborer, “What are you doing?”
“I’m building a wall,” he replied.
A few steps away, the stranger came upon a third mason. “What are you doing?” he asked. This worker smiled. “I’m building a cathedral to the glory of God!”
Same jobs, different missions.
The question is: Is our work a paycheck or a calling?
I'm Howard Butt, Jr., of Laity Lodge, with this reminder—any job, done to God’s glory, proves the high calling of our daily work.
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
READER'S COMMENTS
Howard
It seems like many Christians are still stuck in the Middle Ages. As society vaulted into the Reformation, one of the most important things was the new emphasis on the importance of the secular. Suddenly, the sacred found itself in music, in art, in expressions of kind. Men built bridges to God and erected buildings for His glory. Farmers plowed the sacred ground of the Almighty and blacksmith banged their awls as unto the Lord.
May we never retreat to the Middle Ages again!
Read more like this at http://redletterbelievers.blogspot.com/2007/09/workplace-ministers.html
I am VERY intrested in your Missionary trips.
I am witing an essay on the subject of "a theolgy of work" and was wondering if you have a source for the stonemason story
Thanks
Paul
Paul, we've done some research on this but the story is used frequently by pastors and has been used, in various forms, for decades. There is no thread leading to the original source.