OTHER EYES
Some time ago one of our deacons, Ed, a crane-operator by trade, related the following reflection on his work experience: He told of one particular job site he was working at where he was being asked to lift very heavy loads, weighing hundreds of pounds (floor sections, I believe) into the inside of a building over the top of already erected walls. Ed knew there were several workers on the other side, “receiving” the load and ensuring its proper placement, but he could not see them from where he was standing. His “eyes” became one worker on the top of them all, who could see both sides – the destination and the crane. Ed had to have complete trust in the directions given him by this signaller – they both had to have agreed on the meaning of signals. And Ed had to be sure to follow these signals unhesitatingly and exactly, not only for the success of the construction project,…
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