Thursday, February 14, 2019
When Nancy and I bought our first house, many people gave us tools. The names and purposes of most of them were a complete mystery to us, but they went into the toolbox anyway. One day, I mentioned to Bob that I was having a problem, and he offered to come over and help me work on it. He brought his own tools, but as we worked, he frequently reached into my toolbox, pulled out a "mystery" tool, and said, "Look, you already have what you need for this." Then, he patiently showed me how to use it. The project got done, I learned a lot about tools, but I also got a life lesson that I've carried with me for almost 50 years now: We often have gifts in our "spiritual toolbox" that go unused because we don't recognize them, we don't know how to use them. And, it's a blessing to have a friend who looks into us and says, "You already have what you need for this. Here's how to use it." We are blessed that Bob Maurer was our friend.
