The Carpenter's tools had a conference. Brother Hammer was in the chair. The meeting had informed him that he must leave because he was too noisy.
"All right, I will leave, but if I leave Brother Screw must go also. You have to turn him around again and again to get him to go anywhere."
Brother Screw replied, "If you like I will go, but Brother Plane must leave as well. All of his work is on the surface. There is never any depth to it."
To this Brother Plane answered, "Well Brother Rule will also have to withdraw if I do, he's always measuring people as though he were the only one who is ever right."
Brother Rule then complained against Brother Sandpaper, saying "I just don't think he should be allowed to remain; he's rough and always rubs people the wrong way."
In the midst of this discussion the Master Carpenter came in and began to work on a pulpit from which to preach his Gospel. As he worked, he used the screw, the sandpaper, the hammer, the plane, the rule, the saw and all the other tools. When the day's work was over, Brother Saw arose and said to the other tools, "How wrong we were to criticize,each other when the Craftsman used each of us equally for the task that each one is designed to do. We must remember to be more careful in finding fault with one of His tools."
Be careful my Brothers and Sisters in Christ. We each have a task to do and it's' not quite like each others. Be of good courage. Let's do our bit as God has given it to us not to criticize what your neighbor is doing. If it is from God it all fits in to help one another and bring others to our Savior Jesus Christ.
