all wood

I'm a low key car enthusiast and enjoy scanning through car magazines.  An issue came this week of one the magazines with a fascinating article.  It seems that a young industrial design student at North Carolina State University decided to see how far he could go using wood to build a high performance car for his master's thesis.  He has progressed pretty far in the project and has developed fascinating new methods of creating wood fiber cloth (something like fiberglass) for the skin of the car.  One quote from the article seems to capture the heart of this challenge: "Imagination is the principal element in the project".  The student has used wood for most of the steering system, some of the springs and suspension...even the spokes of the wheels are wood.  The seats are made of wicker!   The spiritual parallel that strikes me is the challenge we have of bringing as much of the Lord as we can into the fabric of our lives.  The car design student has a passion for the natural strengths of wood and is eager to bring wood to all of his new car.  We might be motivated in a similar way to take our passion for God and find new ways of allowing Him into more and more of our personal makeup.  A wooden car makes a striking statement about a new ways to think about wood and to think about cars.  The lover of Christ can make a striking statement about new ways to think about God and to think about life.   1 Chronicles 22:15 "Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance: woodsmen and stonecutters, and all types of skillful men for every kind of work. 16 Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working, and the LORD be with you."    blessings (from one project under construction to another), Rob Smith