There were some men on our street yesterday and today, and I couldn’t tell from the signs on their trucks what they were doing, so I asked. Turns out they were hired by our community to use a special process to rinse the sewer lines and then inspect the lines with a video camera to be sure all is well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I made a point of thanking them for their work. I told them, “I’ve been to countries where there is no waste disposal of any kind. What you do might not be glamorous, but it is very important, and I appreciate it!” They seemed encouraged that I thanked them for their work. I don’t know how often that happens for them–they are probably “unsung heroes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, “Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work <\/strong>that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work <\/strong>that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work <\/strong>that he had done in creation…The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work <\/strong>it and keep it. (Genesis 2.1 – 3, 15, ESV, emphasis mine) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The tongue has the power of life <\/strong>and death… (Proverbs 18.21, NIV, emphasis mine)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There were some men on our street yesterday and today, and I couldn’t tell from the signs on their trucks what they were doing, so I asked. Turns out they were hired by our community to use a special process to rinse the sewer lines and then inspect the lines with a video camera to … Continue reading Important Work<\/span>