Do all things without murmurings and disputations. (Philippians 2:14)

On his way home to surprise his mother for All Soul’s Day, Mishi Dobos stopped by the family’s summer cottage to see what repairs he might undertake next. His eyes fell on the garden well, a solid brick structure four feet in diameter. As he leaned over to peer into the 74-foot shaft with a flashlight, he failed to notice the frosty moss on the well’s rim. Within seconds, he had plummeted feet first into the shaft, landing ankle deep in soft mud.

For three days Mishi shouted for help. Then, on the fourth day, while attempting to make a place to sit, he ripped a carpenter’s clamp–a foot long piece of metal with upturned ends–away from the rotting wood. Mishi thought, What can I do with this? Studying the walls, he saw a brick missing on one side. An idea dawned–use the clamp to chip out bricks in a staggered, upward fashion and climb out!

Mishi went to work. At best, he could remove three bricks an hour. But brick by brick, and one more bad fall later, in all, six days and 23 hours after plunging into the well–Mishi swung his leg over the edge of the upper rim, the rusty carpenter’s clamp in his hand.

Look around your world! Our lives are filled with normal, everyday objects which might appear to be useless. But God might show us how to use them with cleverness and strength!

Holy Creator God, show is the wonders of the ordinary in Your world!