Brother Beck, Some Rednecks and Some Specs
March 2, 2008
Earlier this week we erected a two hundred and thirty two foot fence around the pool at the camp. We encountered several things that we did not expect, namely roots, excessive concrete around posts, and clay. Our goal in erecting this fence was excellence. As Christians we must always strive for excellence. However, as Christians we often break the great commandment (love your neighbor) in the name of excellence.
We noticed that Brother Beck and a co-worker were committing a cardinal sin. They nailed fence pickets to the rails and the topers were not even. We got a good laugh out of the matter. I told Brother Beck the fence looked good. He responded, “That’s not what you said a minute ago.” Brother Beck did not get his feelings hurt as a weaker brother might have. We do this in other areas of life. We are quick to notice the speck in our brother’s eye while ignoring the board in our own. Hypocrites!!! We violate the command to love our neighbor in the name of excellence. When we took the plumb line down the irregularity was not noticeable. The Fence looks great. If we had decided to sweat the small stuff the fence might not be there. In case you are wondering, yes I did put the two corner posts in the wrong place. But let’s not sweat the small stuff.
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