Nova Scotia - Week 5: Drywalling

I have acquired a new skill. Not that I necessarily wanted to, nor that I particularly enjoy it, but nonetheless I have acquired it – the art of dry-walling. The art of hanging stinkin’ heavy sheets of gypsum onto a wall, taping them together with rolls of paper and layers of mud. After the mud dries, sand some off and then put more mud on, then repeat the process a number of times. Then, when you think it looks good and smooth take a light and shine it at all different angles to reveal how lousy a job you really did. Then sand again till all the imperfections are gone, or in my case, till the tape reappears and restart at step one.  

As you can see, I have not perfected this art yet, but I am learning. As I was shining the light on the drywall to reveal all the imperfections it reminded me of the obvious analogy of how the light of God reveals my imperfections, even though I may be feeling pretty good about myself; it’s an analogy I heard often before and should be considered. However, I wonder how often I am shining the light on own imperfections? How often do I (we) dwell on our own deficiencies forgetting God’s grace and his promises? If this describes you, I invite you to read Psalm 103 and see how far God has removed all our imperfections. Remember only God’s work can make you perfect so quit focusing on the crap and live in the freedom he has given. – HJK

P.S. I dropped my little camera and sold my good one to Ashley, so no pictures for now.