Our local church just had our Spring Work Day to spruce things up around the place. We had a lot to do and it was a little overwhelming! But I was so encouraged to see all of us diligently working together!
We all tended to work in teams. It just seems like you get more done when you have a friend along side you. It's called camaraderie. I love the word. Fellowship; friendship; companionship. It's a comfortable feeling. We were encouraging each other just by being together and having a common goal.
I watched the children. When they were given jobs, they made it fun. I listened to them laughing and making a game of it. Two little girls scrubbed the nursery floor while having a blast together as friends. I laughed with a teenager who had given two preschoolers a simple job of pouring water into a pan or spraying blinds. Their
little countenances were very intent on getting the job done and they felt so big at being given such an "important" job. Their little eyes were sparkling!
little countenances were very intent on getting the job done and they felt so big at being given such an "important" job. Their little eyes were sparkling!
It blessed me to see the men work as teams to finish carpentry jobs needing updated. There was a team clearing out old brush from around trees and fence lines. An enthuastic group of teens were making a bright new change in painting the playground equipment. It's beautiful in its new coat of yellow and blue and they had so much fun together.
We spring cleaned the inside, visiting and laughing together as we scrubbed and brightened the rooms. The women brought a delicious spread of food which we all shared as we visited and again, laughed together.
Had one or two people taken on the jobs on Saturday, it would have been overwhelming and discouraging. But as friends with a common interest, it was fun! We were all so tired we could hardly walk at the end of the day, but we had all been blessed by the fact that we had worked together. Our countenances had been sharpened just by taking on a big challenge together and it felt so good.
Helen Keller said, "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
I noticed that teamwork generates a pride and interest in the goal being worked toward. It seemed to me that, on Sunday, there was a contented feeling collectively as we all gathered for morning worship. Despite the exhausting work the previous day, we all felt fulfillment and contentment at how we had worked together and accomplished so much for a good cause. The Lord met us in song and praise and the preaching of the Word. It seemed to me there was a little extra "umph" to all of it!
I am thanking God for "workers together through Christ Jesus" .......
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