The purpose of a well is to provide consistent access to clean water. A dry well is worthless. No one favors muddy water.
People dug wells in the clay bottoms of West Virginia. You only needed to dig down 30-40 feet to get to the permanent water table, just below layers of sandstone. They lined the soft clay walls of the well with blocks of sandstone for two reasons. The stone structure kept the red clay walls from collapsing in. The sandstone also filtered the water and kept it clean.
This well design paradigm is a good model: A structure which provides access and preserves the essential quality.
- A business develops processes with operational excellence to ensure quality and quantity of output at a profit
- Family relationships establish rules and disciplined behavior to produce generations of new children and adults
- A city operates under laws to protect liberty
- A church relies on the authority of Scripture to help people experience God without veering into error
We need structures to ensure the best of life is available to others and to preserve it.
