Yesterday as part of my induction, Colin, our excellent Head verger, took me on a roof tour of the cathedral. This was an amazing and privileged time as I got to see parts of the cathedral that few others manage to see.

The views from on top of the cathedral are amazing and as I took this photo which looks across the roof of the nave I was struck by the care, thought, effort and risk taken to build this part of the cathedral that few would see. The builders had focused in on an amazing fact of worship here that sometimes we miss; that worship is for God and nothing else.

The delicate stonework on the bell tower would not be seen by human eye and yet the stone masons still took great care and build and joined this at great personal risk to themselves.

I feel God saying again as an encouragement – that just because people don’t see it or are aware does not mean it has been wasted … God sees all and enjoys our worship efforts whether that be stone craft, poetry, song or some other thing we choose to do for God.