The Master Musician & Master Craftsman = Restoration of Things….and People

“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.

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.

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!
That 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!”

This beautiful “Gaither” song explains it perfectly:

And He made something beautiful, something good,
All my confusion, He understood,
All I had to offer Him, was brokenness and strife,
But He made something — beautiful of my life.