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from Pastor Ed
July,
In the Master's Hand
Years ago I had a friend named Danny Brown. Danny
was a great fan of Chet Atkins, the famous guitar
picker from the Grand Ole Opry and later head of RCA
Records. Danny had learned to play like Chet and he
was a master at it. If fact, Danny had a very classy
Gretch "Super Chet" Guitar. And I am here to say, he
was great.
Most of us guitar picker "want to be's" would listen
to Danny play and think, if not say, if I had a guitar like that then I could play
more like Chet myself.
And so we could blame our poor picking on the quality of the guitar and not ourselves.
One day Danny was over at our house. Now, my little
brother, Rusty, had gotten a little card board toy
guitar for Christmas. Danny walked over and picked
it up to give a look see. Pickers do that, they just
can't help it. Well I said, "Don't waste your time.
That thing is a piece of junk!" He held it for a moment
and then began to tune it up. In a couple of minutes he
strummed the strings with his pick and lo and behold it
sounded pretty good. And then he started to play "Sweet
Georgia Brown". It was incredible.
That was when I realized; it is not so much the instrument as it is who is playing it. In the hands of a real master even a toy can make beautiful music. The same is true in our walk with the Lord. It is not so much about us as it is who we can be when we are in the Master's hand!
I just can't wait!
Pastor Ed
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