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Thursday,
January 11, 2024
Our
friend Doris
High took this
photo at a
deer farm on a
backroad not
far from her
home here in
Lancaster
County.
"A
Consideration Of
Flooring"
Message
summary: After
we put
flooring in we
probably tend
to take it for
granted,
seeing it
mostly as
functional.
Indeed, a
solid floor is
critically
important.
Just as a
solid floor is
crucial for a
comfortable,
sturdy
structure, a
strong and
unwavering
faith is
essential for
living in
steadfastness
for Christ.
"He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress" (1 Kings 6:15).
For
the last
several days
we've had Ted
and Joey, a
father/son
team,
installing
flooring in
our home.*
Observing
their work I
can see it
would be very
hard since
most of the
time Ted was
down on his
knees (a
requirement
for flooring
installation).
As we have
gotten older
that's hard. His
work
involved
getting up and
down a lot
which is also
hard!But
Ted, who is
now a grandpa,
has been doing
it since he
was a teenager
and told me he
has another
flooring job
today and
tomorrow. Like
most who work
hard and have
a skilled
trade he has
no shortage of
work. Today,
why not offer
a prayer of
thanks for
flooring
installers!
His
work prompted
a
consideration
of flooring.
We've
never lived in
a place that
had a dirt
floor but
Brooksyne
recalls her
grandparents,
who lived on a
mountain in
northwest
Arkansas, who
had rough
planks of wood
floor with
cracks wide
enough for her
grandma just
swept the dirt
in the cracks.
No dust pan
required! That
may have been
kind of like
when you used
to put your
used razor
blade in a
slot in the
back of the
medicine
cabinet to
dispose in the
wall cavity. I
wonder if they
ever filled up
so that you
couldn't cram
any more in?
Time to buy a
new house!
I
don't remember
much about the
flooring we
had growing up
though
Brooksyne
remembers they
had hardwood
flooring
before the
shag carpet
became
popular, the
kind that
required a
carpet rake to
make it stand
up and impress
guests. The
more money you
spent the
longer the
shag! I
suppose then
and now kids
don't think
much about
flooring. I
don't think my
folks even
thought of it
as anything
but the floor.
The
first home we
bought after
we got married
was a new
mobile home
that had
orange shag
carpeting,
which seemed
so hi-class at
the time
(1978). We
felt like we
were rich. Ted
told me he
sees very
little shag
carpeting
going in these
days!
Now
we are putting
on vinyl
planks (LVP)
which are
waterproof and
should
withstand the
possible pet
mess, although
our pets are
well trained
to do their
business
outside (with
occasional
accidents from
our two San
Diego
maltipoos). We
have now
installed this
material all
though our
house.
The
first home we
bought after
we got married
was a new
mobile home
that had
orange shag
carpeting,
which seemed
so hi-class at
the time
(1978). We
felt like we
were rich. Ted
told me he
sees very
little shag
carpeting
going in these
days!At
one point
it was the
trend
to cover over
real hardwood
flooring with
carpeting.
That was a
thing when
carpet was
new. Then a
subsequent
owner would
discover that
the worn out
carpeting
covered
beautiful
hardwood
flooring and
wonder why
they ever
covered it in
the first
place! Our
first "real"
house was a
home we
purchased in
1986 where we
did this.
Looked fine
except the
previous owner
had spoiled
pets. Instead
of going to an
outdoor potty
they went
through the
carpet and
stained the
hardwood!
Now
we are putting
on vinyl
planks (LVP)
which are
waterproof and
should
withstand the
possible pet
mess, although
our pets are
well trained
to do their
business
outside (with
occasional
accidents from
our two San
Diego
maltipoos). We
have now
installed this
material all
though our
house.What
about flooring
in the Bible?
Have you given
that much
consideration?
I doubt if
very many of
you ever
thought about
it. Best as
I've been able
to determine
they didn't
have shag
carpeting.
(But I'm no
expert of
Biblical
flooring.)
By
far the most
common
reference to
flooring in
the Bible is
the "threshing
floor".
See here.
This was a
functional
floor with an
agrarian
purpose. The
threshing
floors of the
Bible were
outdoor stone
floors,
usually
circular in
fashion, used
by farmers to
process the
grain of their
crops. Ruth
and Boaz had
their first
date on the
threshing
floor (Ruth
3).
But
today's text
describes the
flooring in
Solomon's
temple, "he
covered the
floor of the
house with
boards of
cypress".
That must have
sure been a
very
attractive
floor and then
a few verses
later we read,
"The floor
of the house
he overlaid
with gold in
the inner and
outer rooms"
(v.30). I
don't suppose
too many of
our readers
have these
kinds of
floors!
After
we put
flooring in
we'll likely
take it for
granted,
seeing it
mostly as
functional.
Indeed, a
solid floor is
critically
important and
not just
physically.
Just as a
solid floor is
crucial for a
sturdy
structure, a
strong and
unwavering
faith is
essential for
living in
steadfastness
for Christ.
Be
encouraged
today,
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father,
we thank you
for the
blessings of
our shelter
and
specifically
for our
flooring. We
have a variety
of materials
underfoot but
very few of
our readers
have a dirt
floor. We pray
for the many
who have
inadequate
housing
including
flooring.
Today we thank
you for the
hard workers
who install
flooring and
many others
involved in
this most
important
industry. On a
spiritual
level help us
today to do
our part in
building and
walking on a
strong faith
structure so
that we may
live a
steadfast life
in Christ and
be an example
to others.
Through Christ
we pray. Amen.*
Actually Joey
is a college
student home
on break from
Grove City
College where
he is a senior
and will have
a degree in
history. He is
also getting
married this
year. Of
course I
encouraged him
to stay
steadfast in
his commitment
to Christ. Ted
is a friend we
know through
his wife
working for JK
Mechanical, a
company we
serve as
chaplains.
Over time we
often get to
know the
employees
spouses.
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Threshing
Floor"
Watch
on YouTube
Healing Place
Worship
Someone has
actually
written a song
about the
Biblical
threshing
floor!
We
have served as
chaplains at White
Oak Display
and Design
since 2008
where we
regularly see
flooring
displays being
made.
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