Judy Hyde just wrote this most amazing poem in response to "The Touch Of The Master's Hand" shown at our women's retreat a few weeks ago. Let us always remember we are "His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10).
God has made you an instrument
to be His and HIs alone...
The Master has carved, polished and
made the strings in tune,
but the instrument is not your own.
God asks you to practice everyday a melody,
which is to glorify Him...
The melody is to be disciplined, obedient,
honoring and free from sin.
But when the sin is part of your life
and the melody is out of tune...
The instrument becomes scarred and scratched,
some would say it was in ruins.
Don't underestimate the Master's touch,
for God always has a plan...
He will gracefully pick up the instrument
with His loving hand.
The strings are weak and the instrument is worn,
but the Master has a goal...
He looks beyond the scratches and the scars,
He looks at the melody of the soul.
God can restore the instrument
to make it look like new...
The Master can change a life
and the melody to play in tune.
Judy Hyde © 2008 All Rights Reserved
