An old student with a great soul is a dear friend of our family. A couple of years ago, he read a blog of mine, “Well Done Thy Good and Faithful Tree,”** about a great red oak that had fallen here at Fair Haven. He decided he would like to make a table for us out of the tree. Last year, he came and cut the tree into sections to season and get ready to be milled. This weekend, he came and milled it. It was a great pleasure watching a man, a timber framer by trade, harvest a massive tree and carefully, with sincerity, turn it into a stack of boards; a deeply meaningful spiritual experience. Age upon age, ring stacked on ring, now being exposed, laid open, revealing the aged beauty of creation.
Now, with skill, perseverance, and trade, he will create a table of it. As true an image of God as I see these days. Image living, Maclin Williamson.
*Maclin's son Lee, named after me, said that to him.
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| Maclin setting up to mill the log. ** https://aaronleebenson.blogspot.com/2024/09/well-done-thy-good-and-faithful-tree.html |
