My wife recently wanted me to make something to hold a plant that grows on trees sideways that she could hang a wall. Then some more requests and before I knew it, she had a new hobby picked out for me. We move a lot for work, so I didn\u2019t have all the fancy tools I thought I\u2019d need to get the job done. That\u2019s the materialistic teaching of the world \u2013 my first object lesson. So began the understanding of some powerful lessons. I\u2019ve known all my life like everyone else that Jesus was a carpenter, but I never realized what that meant until I started studying woodworking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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While I\u2019m just starting, I appreciate what it meant for Jesus to be a carpenter. In life, not His ministry, He already brought service to His community whereby they could have a better life. However, to do that, Jesus, as a man, had to learn how to make a table joint, or the type of wood needed a support leg. While we can dismiss the idea that they were just backward and rustic, I am confident that they created works that people today would pay thousands of dollars to obtain for themselves. Just look at some of the Japanese woodworking videos today that will put you in awe and realize that like God is our potter and we are the clay, by doing woodworking, we can better ourselves and those around us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My wife recently wanted me to make something to hold a plant that grows on trees sideways that she could hang a wall. Then some more requests and before I knew it, she had a new hobby picked out for … Continue reading