June 7

CHARITY is knowing God will see

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the LORD rather than for men.  ~ Colossians 3:23

Long ago in ancient Greece an aged sculptor was laboring over a block of stone.  He carved with utmost care, probing the rock with his chisel, chipping away a fragment at a time, gauging the marks with sinewy hands before making the next cut.  When it was finished, the piece would be hoisted high into the air and set on top of a towering shaft, and so would become the capital, or uppermost part, of a column.  And the column would help support the roof of a lofty temple.
“Why spend so much time and effort on that section?”  asked a government official who passed by.  “It will sit fifty feet high.  No human eye will be able to see the details.”
The old artist put down his hammer and chisel, gazed steadily at his questioner, and replied:  “But God will see it!” 
~ as told by William Bennett

Does this story remind us who the really important audience is as we go about our daily work?

A work of art that is good in itself glorifies God because it reflects God.  ~ Flannery O’Connor