THE RUMMAGE SALE---THE TOUCH OF
A MASTER’S HAND
Do you know
What a rummage sale is
It is
Something that they used to have
Maybe still do
After a person dies
You know the items:
perhaps a
woman’s wedding or prom dress
or the tux or
suit a man got married in
maybe a lamp
or an old desk
or some
personal items
like books or
jewelry
some old
furniture
and over there
in the corner sits an old piano
with no one
giving it much attention
People---men and women---are
coming and going
Buying everything
While the piano continues to sit there unnoticed by everyone
Over there in the corner
A little while later
An elder gentleman comes in
Sits down at the piano
And begins to play
And beautiful music
Comes out of this old piano
People are clamoring about
And the bids keep getting higher---higher---yet higher
What changed its worth
Of course---it is
The touch of a master’s hand
We too
Are like the old piano
Trying to build a life
On all the wrong things: greed and materialism
sexual lust and perversions
our addictions---drugs-alcohol-and pornography
and whatever else in our life that we
are putting above God
SO WHAT CHANGES US
Of course
It is the touch of God
THE TOUCH OF A MASTER’S HAND
The moment
We realize that we are a CHILD OF GOD
That God loves us
With an everlasting---never-ending
UNCHANGING kind of love
The moment we realize our worth
The ONLY worth that matters
Comes from God
“These have come
So that your faith
Of greater worth than gold
Which perishes even though refined by fire---
May be proved genuine
And may result
In praise, glory, and honor
When Jesus Christ is revealed”
1 Peter1:7
“Instead---it should be that
your inner self
The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit
Which is of great worth in God’s sight” 1
Peter 3:4
Your worth
Your REAL worth
Can only be found in God
And found through
THE TOUCH OF A MASTER’S HAND
Robert P. Wallman
1-5-12
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inspired by a message by Father Leo Clifford---1922-2012
MAY
HE REST IN PEACE
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