rediscovering eden
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
whom shall i fear
whom shall i fear
i am yours
dailies
Friday, April 21, 2006
-8:48 PM
Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4
i came across this book the other day by Dr Tim Elmore, Habitudes of a leader and he mentioned about the need to 'sharpen our axes'. Yes u heard it right.. we need to sharpen our axes.
It came from this story that talked about 2 lumberjacks who challenged each other to see who could cut down the most trees in one day. In the morning, the first one began furiously chopping down trees. He worked hard, sweating and by noon he had cut down 16 trees. The other lumber jack only cut down 4, because he took 2hrs to sharpen his axe. As he sharpened it, the first lumberjack laughed at him knowing that he was doomed to lose the challenge with all the wasted time.
But things took a change. By early afternoon, he first lumberjack was slowing down. It took him almost an hour ti cut one tree, while the other challenger was picking up speed. HOW COULD THIS BE? Certainly he was as string as his friend. But strength had nothing to do with it. It was all about the axe. About how sharp the axe was. The sharper the axe - the quicker the trees came down. By late afternnon, the second lumberjack who had sharpened his axe had passed up the first lumberjack by several trees and won easily. This story reminded me that although sharpening the axe in the morning wasn't exactly the most practical way to win the race, but in the long term, it will prove useful.
I know this seems abit familar. Like the story of the turtle and the hare. haha. But i guess there is more to this story than just who won the race in the end- the challenger who started last. To me i feel that the act of sharpening the axe reminded me the need to seek the axesharpener to get my tool sharpen so that i can carry on with my work for the day. And not just for that day but everyday coz ur axe will get blunt at the end of the day right. Next question you may ask is who shall we get our axes sharpened? I leave that to you to decide.
