Carpenters and redwood trees
Moment after moment seized
This is what you get.
Mix gingham smocks and home cooked meals
Faith and purpose forged in steel
Strudels pies potato peels
This is what you get.
Mix God and preacher on his knees
Hand that works and eye that sees
Solid heart that full believes
This is what you get.
Brick after brick
Board after board
Coin after coin
Bill after bill
Hour after hour
Day after day
Week after week . . .
©2008 Bob Mason
I wrote this on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Fortuna Seventh-day Adventist Church where I grew up. I was asked to preach and included this in my sermon. The Coffman of the title is Pastor Carl Coffman who was the pastor who oversaw the building of this beautiful church a few years before I was born. I am pleased to have him as my Facebook friend.
Carl Coffman passed away in his sleep, July 4, 2011. What a legacy! I look forward to the opportunity afforded by the resurrection he so looked forward to.
ReplyDeleteRevelation 14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.' " "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."