{"id":1899,"date":"2014-10-16T00:14:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/the-master-musician-master-craftsman\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:01:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:01:31","slug":"the-master-musician-master-craftsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1899","title":{"rendered":"The Master Musician & Master Craftsman = Restoration of Things….and People"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Before & After” photos of a very used, scratched and abused piano bench — the accompanying piece to the baby grand piano that my grandson had been praying for. Neither piece is new, but when Payton plays it, it sounds like a Steinway — at least in this Nana’s ears. And his Mom restored the piano to beautiful condition and it has a prominent place now in the Wallace Family home.<\/p>\n

But, that poor piano bench looked beyond hope. Staci’s plans were to go out yesterday and buy a new bench, but, I told her we could “restore” that damaged and pitiful bench to look brand new. We set out to buy some foam, fabric, paint, and stapler gun, and whoa la — in just a little while — that’s what you see here.<\/p>\n

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The piano looks and sounds great, and its bench looks great, too. It just took the touch of a musician and the craftsmanship of two “crafty” women!
\nThat makes me think of those of us who had been used, abused, or unused and neglected — forgotten and beyond hope. But then along came the Master Musician and made a beautiful symphony of our lives…..and He restored us and turned all our brokenness into something of beauty. And, better than just “restored”…..we were made to be BRAND NEW. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”<\/p>\n

This beautiful “Gaither” song explains it perfectly:<\/p>\n

And He made something beautiful, something good,
\nAll my confusion, He understood,
\nAll I had to offer Him, was brokenness and strife,
\nBut He made something — beautiful of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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