My dad loves working on engines. And, by extension, he loves his tools. I never once saw my dad put a tool away without wiping it off and storing it in its proper place.
In Lectures to My Students, C.H. Spurgeon wrote of ministers:
We are, in a certain sense, our own tools, and therefore must keep ourselves in order.
Ministers can only preach with their own voice. They can only reason with their own …

