So those of you who know me well know that my husband is a worship leader at a local church and I play along with him at churches either on cello or violin. Recently, I had saved up and gotten a new bow for my violin and oohhh its so nice :) its made with pembucco wood and it is lighter than the general bow and plays like butter on the strings. Now I know this probably has no importance to you, but God uses sometimes the silliest of simple things to teach me things ( I am kinda a simple thinking person).
Now you see my violin is not of bad quality, but nothing super impressive. It plays well for what I need. But with this bow, my little violin resonated, I could feel the sound well up in the body of the violin and explode from it, filling the church I was playing in. With just the change of what I used to conduct my instrument, I empowered it, changing it from a nice violin to something extraordinary sounding.
It resonated with me that God uses us; old, tattered, and well abused violins and if we choose to let him direct us, and lead us, we can become something so beautiful. I think, as a christian especially, we get into the mode that God loves us and we are good to go. Golden, right? But it is soo important to daily note that were all old tattered violins. We all have flaws, we all have tendencies, weaknesses. And on our own, were just a box of wood held together with glue. But it is with God and His grace that we can shine and when we bring glory to Him, is when we fill the world with the sound of His love for us all. And what better song is there.
Just a thought :) and bite of what God showed me on Sunday when playing with my new bow I have been blessed with.
"My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed"
Psalm 71:23
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