Manual Labour

In Wine-bottle Opening, I wrote about the story of the man straining against the rock. It was a test by God to help the man grow stronger.

Here in OC, we have to carry furniture-tables, chairs, armchairs, patio umbrellas etc every week, heavy trays, buckets of ice, racks of glasses etc every day and walk to and fro plenty every day. This job builds and tones our muscles. As Mel said earlier, she's "going to be buff" by the end of our time here and now, she said she's got "calves of steel". Haha. We are building calves of steel AND arms of steel here.

About 2 weeks after I came here, I'd to carry the entire tray of bud vases ie. an entire tray of glass flower vases with flowers and water in them, from the Grill to upstairs. Then, I had to get help from one of the kitchen staff to help me carry those bud vases. Wed-24/6, I had to do that again. I got a co-worker to help me. Yesterday, Thur-25/6, there was no one to help me so I tried lifting the tray myself. To my surprise, I was able to do it and bring the entire tray upstairs. I had been building my muscles for the past weeks and I did not realize I'd grown stronger. Had I known, I need not have gotten my co-worker to help me with the bud vases on Wed. I am reminded of the story of that man who pushed against the rock. Eventually he grew stronger without himself realizing it. God was preparing him for greater things.