Mixing Cement

Another extract from 'Let Me Tell You a Story' by Tony Campolo

Christopher Wren was the architect who designed some of the most magnificent churches in the world. He was the one who facilitated the construction of the great St Paul's Cathedral in London.

While the cathedral was being built, Wren took a tour of the work site and asked the various artisans about their labors. As he left the cathedral, he saw an old man mixing cement in a mortar box, and he asked, 'And what are you doing, sir?'

The man, not recognizing that it was Christopher Wren who asked the question, said proudly, 'What am I doing? Why, sir, I am building a great cathedral!'

Now, there's a godly attitude toward work. That cement mixer saw what he was doing as part of a larger plan that gave his humble labors incredible significance. Would that we all could see our jobs as part of the plan of the Great Architect of the Universe, and therein find our significance too.