Shape (shaped, shaping, shaper)
–verb (used with object) 14. to give definite form, shape, organization, or character to; fashion or form.
. to couch or express in words: to shape a statement.
. to adjust; adapt: He shaped everything to suit his taste.
. to direct (one's course, future, etc.).

I have been occupying my time as of late with shaping surfboard in a rundown old shack in the back yard of Chets house. It has decent light and has just enough tools to make it fairly easy to shape a surfboard if one so wishes. That is exactly what I have been doing over the past two weeks, as stated above Shaping the Poly Urethane foam into a device that is meant for riding waves large, small, face or slow depending on the elements incorporated into the surfboard. I have been using powered planers, hand planers, sureforms, sanding screens, sanding block, rulers, gauges, and my lower back so I have realized (usually the next morning while I am getting out of bed).
While I have been shaping other than concentrating on the task at hand one has a lot of time on their hands to think about things. And while usually your mind wonders too and fro, from one thing to the next with no particular rational path at times you land on a string of rational and cognitive thoughts worth discussing with oneself and occasionally others. I was first thinking of what it would be like to have a conversation with a piece of foam while it was being shaped and the shear terror that it must be going through about being torn apart bit by bit. A little silly and slightly morbid I know, but here is where the rational and worthiness to share come into play. I was comparing that to my own shaping that I am undergoing from the father.
At times I am being planed with a high speed electric planer where large amounts of myself are being removed and refined. Other times is 220 grit sanding screen removing just small amounts of unwanted burs and ridges that the planer can leave behind, leaving a smooth beautiful surface. I know at times the situations that I am going though whether they are family, work, troubles, or trials I am being reformed from a block of useless foam into a useful tool that can honor God with riding the wave to glory. It may seem silly to some, using such metaphors, but it is what is relevant in my life at this time and is easy to understand to many others. Hope you all like the picks.