This last week, I worked on two different projects. One was putting chairs back into our sanctuary. We took them out about a month ago to put in a new carpet. They are very nice-looking theater-type seats and are very comfortable as well. The reinstalling process was difficult and time-consuming. The reason is that they bolt to the floor and each other, and getting all those bolts and bolt holes to line up is challenging, to say the least. One of the factors is that it is our sanctuary, and we want it to look nice and the chairs to work right, so a shoddy job to get it done quickly is unacceptable.

A second project is building a chicken coop for my wife’s chickens. She loves her chickens, so I want it to be nice, but it is still a chicken coop. It is a unique chicken coop with wheels on it so we can move it around the yard so the chickens will mow my yard, fertilize the grass, and get fresh grass to eat for themselves, saving on chicken food. I expect many people will want to look at my chicken coop, so I want it to look professional, but it is still a chicken coop.

In God’s eyes, I am not a chicken coop. In God’s eyes, you are not a chicken coop, so how I treat and talk to you matters greatly to God. To honor someone is to treat them as God’s prized possessions, whom he is working on to look like and act like Jesus.