Some afternoons, when the saws are quiet and the dust settles on my boots, I find myself thinking about the kind of work we do. Not the flashy part when a barn gets wrapped in steel and folks drive by and say, “Would you look at that.” No, I mean the work that comes before. The measuring. The marking. The lifting. The fitting. The kind of work that goes unnoticed.
And every so often, that old thought comes back around.
Jesus was a carpenter.
That still gets me.
He didn’t just dabble in it. He worked with His hands for years. Long before the crowds. Long before the miracles. He built things. Repaired things. Made sure they fit right and held together.
I like to picture Him in the shop, brushing sawdust off His tunic, wiping sweat from His face, picking up a hand tool He’d used a thousand times. He didn’t do it to impress anybody. He did it because it was the right thing to do.
He knew what real work felt like.
Post frame building may not seem like much to some folks. It isn’t glamorous. It’s practical. It’s planned. You fly your trusses, run your purlins, square your corners, and fasten your steel. You make sure things are true, and you don’t rush it. It’s a craft. And I believe the Lord would have taken to it just fine.
Sure, He wore sandals, not boots. But I reckon He walked enough dusty ground to understand what it means to work with purpose.
And yet, He didn’t stay in the shop forever. There came a time when He laid the tools down and picked up something heavier. He began building something greater than a table or a yoke. He built a way back to the Father.
Those same hands that shaped timber were later stretched out on a cross. He didn’t just carry some boards. He carried the full weight of our sin. Not just the small stuff. The deep-down, broken kind. The kind no tool in the world can fix.
And He did it out of love.
That’s what sticks with me when I’m standing on a ladder or trying to get a door to hang right. If Jesus saw value in simple, honest work, then maybe I should too. Whether I’m blocking between trusses or setting a post, I want to do it in a way that reflects Him.
Not because it’ll get noticed. But because it matters.
The world doesn’t need more fast talkers or shortcut-takers. It needs more folks who show up, tell the truth, and do the job right. You don’t need to preach to be a witness. Sometimes you just need to do what you said you’d do, treat folks right, and leave the place better than you found it.
Now, not every day is neat and tidy. Some days the wind kicks up and your pencil ends up where you can’t find it. But there are also days when you step back, look at the work, and feel thankful. And in those moments, I remember the Carpenter who built more than wood frames. He built lives.
And He still is.
So I’ll keep on building barns. I’ll keep aiming for straight and true. And I’ll keep following the One who didn’t need a level to walk the right line.
—Albert
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