What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and the work flow. ~ Martin Luther

Friday, November 11, 2005


Here he is stretching the hide...when he finished stretching it, it was the same size as the frame. Posted by Picasa

2 comments:

Full of Grace said...

I like this photo! It reminds me of the pioneering days and that not everything these days can be done on a computer, or with electricity. The sweat of a man's brow brings true accomplishment!

Rebecca said...

It certainly does require sweat...it is a long and tedious process and one that I am quite sure Matt will be sick and tired of by the time all those hides are done.

But as you said, watching him do things like that-and me doing things like canning has me thinking how LUCKY we are we don't have to churn butter, wash clothes on a board, sew all of our own clothes, and all the other multitude of tasks early Americans had. As great as they are to do occasionally-I would HATE to HAVE to do them each and every day. It makes you grateful for the free time you have, which suddenly seems like a lot! :-)