Recently, I decided to do up my basement and
convert it into a home office (more like a man-cave J).
My son was twice as excited about the project as I was and he offered to help
me out with it. So, every night for the last two weeks when I rolled up my
sleeves and went down to the basement after work, my son grabbed his toolbox as
well as went down with me. The only problem with this arrangement is that my
son is only four years old and the only thing he and his Bob the Builder
toolbox do is get in the way.
I love my son more than anything else in the
world, and I absolutely love spending time with him. His enthusiasm and
dedication to the project which haven’t
waned in all of two weeks make my heart swell with love and pride (the apple really didn’t fall far from the
tree) and I have no doubt that he will grow up to be a fine young man. But
do I need him on my project which at this rate will probably never get
finished? Nah. I actually spend more
time (make that all the time) distracted by him and worrying about him getting
hurt than I do on the actual work that needs to be done. Does he contribute
much to the progress (progress? Haha!)
of the project? Err, let’s just say he’s created a whole new project all
together because now his mum is trying to get rid of the dust from the
plasterboard pieces he takes into the main house. But do I want my son on this project with me? Absolutely yes! Because those
precious and sometimes hair-pulling moments we spend together are the threads
that build up the fabric of a father-son relationship and I won’t give them up
for anything, not even a very cool home office (with all the trappings of a
man-cave of course).
Sometimes, I see our relationships with God
in the same light. I like to believe that God calls us to work with Him not because He can’t get the work done
some other way, maybe not even because He needs
our help or input, I mean, He is God, He could as well just exhale a breath and
puff, a lump of clay becomes a living
man. I think He calls us to mission so we can build a relationship with Him as
we work alongside Him. I think serving in whatever capacity or in whatever way
shouldn’t be seen as a chore but as an opportunity to build the kind of bond
that probably can’t be built in any other way and I don’t think I want to give
that up for anything either.
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