At Cedar Point we’re getting close to finishing up the book of Romans.  A couple weeks ago we looked at Romans 14 which talks about Christians arguing over “disputable matters.”  I believe that as you grow in your faith you’ll discover that there are actually very few essentials of our faith, things that are worth dividing or separating over.  Yet so many things these days tend to separate us, not only Christians from the “world”, but those within the church.  Paul addresses some of these things in chapter 14 and it got me wondering, “Have I done anything in the past to divide the church?  What have I argued about with other believers that wasn’t worth arguing over?  Or, what disputable matter have I allowed to separate me from reaching others?”

Below is a poem entitled “A Builder or a Wrecker.”

A Builder or a Wrecker

As I watched them tear a building down
A gang of men in a busy town
With a ho-heave-ho, and a lusty yell
They swung a beam and the side wall fell

I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled,
And the men you’d hire if you wanted to build?”
He gave a laugh and said, “No, indeed,
Just common labor is all I need.”
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“I can easily wreck in a day or two,
What builders have taken years to do.”
And I thought to myself, as I went my way
Which of these roles have I tried to play?

Am I a builder who works with care,
Measuring life by rule and square?
Am I shaping my work to a well-made plan
Patiently doing the best I can?

Or am I a wrecker who walks to town
Content with the labor of tearing down?
“O Lord let my life and labors be
That which will build for eternity?”

-Author unknown

So, what role do you play?  Is your life spent as a builder or a wrecker?