April was here just a short while, but she wanted to help her 'aging' dad with his monumental task. She wanted to help her dad build the cement forms. He did the standing in the lake in waders thing and she handed him tools from shore as he needed them.
Yes the sea wall is done, at least until spring when the landscaping has to be completed. But it is taking me extra time to get his book pages completed...We do have other activities. We also have sweet grand children pictures that we want published.
On October 22, April served as an assistant to her dad who was building the forms for the cement to be poured the next week. He had been working on this project for over a month and was really feeling it...aching and sleeping most of the time that he wasn't on the job.
It's good to see someone actually working these days. It seems like most feel they are above manual labor. Everyone (practically) is going to college to become...who knows what. No one wants to actually work. They would rather collect unemployment than lift a finger.
When I hear of people who are laboring at anything, I am encouraged by their initiative. This country was built by hard work and conversely it is dying because of a lack of it.
The Bible teaches us that a man who does not work, should not eat. That is harsh, but our God means for us to labor in one way or another to earn our keep. Fathers are to support their families and when that obligation is met, we are to help others who are not able, even though they are working, to meet their needs. It is a perfect system, but we are not a perfect people and never will be. We are all sinners and because of that, we don't always do what needs to be done.
The time has come when our country will completely die, if we do not honor our God and follow His way, keeping His commandments and seeking His will for our lives.
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