Photo and Commentary (c)2025 by Maylan Schurch
Friday and Sabbath, September 5 and 6, 2025
A little over a week ago I noticed that a house in our neighborhood was being re-roofed. Having had two experiences of house we’ve owned undergoing this process, I was naturally interested, especially since I walk past this house on my after-breakfast walk most mornings.
But after a day or two something struck me (no, not a falling shingle!). The two other roof jobs I’ve seen up close had featured crews of at least three or four guys clambering around, with the work being completed in a day or two. I suddenly realized after a few days that there’s only one guy working on this roof, the one you see in the photo above. (One day earlier this week there were two, but the second had come along with the truck delivering the shingle-packets. But after they left, it was just this guy.)
The last few days have been pretty warm, but this roofer has been going about his work with placid patience, and by now he’s over half done. Thursday morning of this week I got a chance to exchange a few words with him, since he was uncoiling a hose of some kind on the sidewalk.
“Looks good up there,” I said.
“Thanks,” he replied.
“Are you doing this all by yourself?”
He nodded.
I can’t remember exactly how I asked the next question, but it was something about what he did as a job. I expected him to say that he normally worked with a roofing company, but instead he said calmly:
“I do everything.”
And suddenly I realized that this was a man who could be hired to come out to a house, find out what was needed to repair it, and know exactly how to do what needed to be done. I’m not sure whether he has official plumbing or electrical credentials, but I’m sure that nothing would intimidate him.
This makes me think of Heaven’s All-purpose Repairer, Jesus the Son of God. When He arrived on this planet, growing up from babyhood among humanity, He was neither confused nor intimidated about any challenge tossed at him by people or the Prince of Darkness. He was completely and eternally sufficient for what He needed to do.
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