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Tuesday,
December 5, 2023
We passed this truck in Lebanon County. We see several old trucks decorated this way as we travel about. They must pull them out the barn for the seasonal decorations.
"The
Indispensable
Plumber"
Message
summary: Today
let us value
all work that
benefits
others,
including the
plumber. "Whatever
you do, work
at it with all
your heart, as
working for
the Lord"
(Colossians
3:23).
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"The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?" (2 Kings 20:20). "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord" (Colossians 3:23).
This last week we have had a lot of work on our house addition, including HVAC, electrical and plumbing. Electrical and HVAC are fairly recent innovations in human history but mankind has always had to deal with some kind of plumbing, getting fresh water and disposing of waste.
For
several days
last week we
had plumbers
out for our
home addition
and they
finished the
rough-in
Thursday
morning. The
main plumber
is Brent, who
shares the
same last name
with me,
although we
are not
related. He is
a friendly man
with wit. Most
plumbers have
some good
stories.
He
told me of a
time early in
his career
when he and
another
plumber were
working on the
drain lines in
an office
building with
lady workers.
He walked into
the office and
said, "Ladies,
we are going
to be working
on the drain
lines so we
need to ask
you not
to use the
toilet till we
come back".
They all
nodded that
they
understood.
He
got back to
work. Well, he
had taken the
drain line
apart and was
working under
it when he
heard the
noise every
plumber knows,
the sound of
gurgling up
the line
indicating a
toilet had
been flushed.
He managed to
clear out
before getting
dumped on!
Afterwards he
went back in
to inform the
ladies what
happened and
one sheepishly
acknowledged
she was the
culprit. From
that point on
he took other
measures to
prevent a
rather messy
situation.
Plumbers
are on the
front lines of
public health.
If your
plumbing stops
working you
can easily
have a crisis
and a mess
(both in your
body and in
your house).
Indoor plumbing is one of the taken for granted blessings of modern living. Fresh potable water coming into your house and running through it, essentially invisible, till needed. Then a system to get the waste water out. If you are really blessed you even have hot water! But if either the inflow or the outflow stops working you will quickly realize the value of the plumber.
Indoor plumbing is a relatively recent innovation in human history. My grandparents on Mom's side did not have indoor plumbing in their small house in Harwood Missouri till they were in their 60's and Brooksyne's grandparents, who lived in the Arkansas mountains, were in their 70's.
Indoor plumbing is one of the taken for granted blessings of modern living. Fresh potable water coming into your house and running through it, essentially invisible, till needed. Then a system to get the waste water out. If you are really blessed you even have hot water! But if either the inflow or the outflow stops working you will quickly realize the value of the plumber.
Indoor plumbing is a relatively recent innovation in human history. My grandparents on Mom's side did not have indoor plumbing in their small house in Harwood Missouri till they were in their 60's and Brooksyne's grandparents, who lived in the Arkansas mountains, were in their 70's.
My
dad, who was a
plumber among
other trades
he had learned
at the
prestigious
SOHK*,
installed
their indoor
plumbing,
including an
indoor
bathroom, when
he and Mom got
married in the
mid-1940's.
In my childhood they still had the old water cistern with a hand pump beside the house although we were told to never drink from it. But they still maintained and used the old three-seater outhouse all through my childhood in the late 50's and 60's. It was especially helpful when we had large family gatherings! We consider how many now in America have never used an old-fashioned outhouse, though many of them have used a porta-pottie!
King Hezekiah was one of the good kings who did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. In the record of his life we read, "The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?" (2 Kings 20:20).
However injected into this sentence is something the historian apparently recognized as notable enough to include concerning Hezekiah: "how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city". In reading through our Bible we may tend to gloss over this detail but it was a significant achievement. The populace surely valued this plumbing innovation!
Today let us value all work that benefits others, including the work of the plumber. "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord" (Colossians 3:23).
In my childhood they still had the old water cistern with a hand pump beside the house although we were told to never drink from it. But they still maintained and used the old three-seater outhouse all through my childhood in the late 50's and 60's. It was especially helpful when we had large family gatherings! We consider how many now in America have never used an old-fashioned outhouse, though many of them have used a porta-pottie!
King Hezekiah was one of the good kings who did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. In the record of his life we read, "The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?" (2 Kings 20:20).
However injected into this sentence is something the historian apparently recognized as notable enough to include concerning Hezekiah: "how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city". In reading through our Bible we may tend to gloss over this detail but it was a significant achievement. The populace surely valued this plumbing innovation!
Today let us value all work that benefits others, including the work of the plumber. "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord" (Colossians 3:23).
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father,
Scripture
indicates that
You want us to
serve
diligently,
not
carelessly.
When we work
heartily we
can be a
blessing to
our employer,
supervisor and
co-workers and
we honor You
as well. We
want to be
whole-hearted
instead of
doing just
enough to get
by as we go
about our
work. There
are those
duties we
enjoy and
those which
are done of
necessity.
Help us to
remember that
we add dignity
to our work
when we apply
ourselves
fully to the
task before
us, no matter
how menial.
All work is
sacred when it
done not just
for the boss,
not just for
the pay check,
not just for
the title but
when we do it
heartily for
You. Amen.Special
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* SOHK stands for "School of Hard Knocks" which if you've never heard of is "the experience gained from living, especially from disappointment and hard work, regarded as a means of education".
"Jesus
Does"
Watch
on YouTube
We
The Kingdom
(No relation
to message but
a good
reminder and
encouraging
song)
Sam
is a friendly,
colorful man
we visit with
at White Oak
display. We
are used to
his handlebar
mustache and
full beard but
his
pin-striped
railroader
overalls
caught our
attention this
visit!
Friday
morning we had
the rough-in
for our HVAC
split unit
installed. I
regularly see
Dave and Juan
at the shop
before they
head out so it
was nice to
see them on
the field!
They've worked
together for
years and it's
an interesting
dynamic to see
a long-time
Lancaster
County farm
boy working
with a Puerto
Rican
transplant
from the
Bronx.
Entering
Sunset Grocery
in Lebanon
County, PA we
are blessed
with a
Scripture
verse.
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