A simple tool – v3

It may not necessarily be elegant

maybe it is now rusted

but it is made for work

for a purpose, important

a simple tool, to be used

not for display, an heirloom;

A simple tool in the Potter’s hand

the Smithy at the bellows,

maybe the Worker in the field

turning soil for planting;

Any number of images

of the worker, the Creator

making things worthy

through those who were chosen

weak, chipped vessels

only to be willing;

God makes us worthy

to go and do the work.

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edited September 19, 2015

A simple tool – v3

(editing version 2)

edited June 13, 2014

A simple tool – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-simple-tool-v2.html

March 2, 2012

A simple tool

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/simple-tool.html

reading “An Instrument for Noble Purposes”,

Part III, “An Instrument for Noble Purposes”,

pages 115-116

book, Shaped by God,

http://www.christianbook.com/shaped-by-god-max-lucado/9780842355186/pd/55180

by Max Lucado

http://MaxLucado.com

https://twitter.com/#!/MaxLucado

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