Time for Tuning?
It was past time. After moving from California to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and then to 2 houses in Cookeville, Tennessee, my husband’s childhood piano was desperate for a tuning. Granted, it had only been sounding really “off” the last few weeks so we really made it longer than one would expect between tunings, especially considering that we have 2 children who have taken lessons and it is a preferred way for Jeremiah to relax.
But lately, things just hadn’t been the same. Chords weren’t ringing true. Melodies were slightly off key. All in all something just wasn’t right. So we called in the expert: the piano tuner. Not only did this man show up with all the right tools, but he has an impeccable ear and is vastly talented at playing the piano himself. By the time he was done, our upright was back to its rich, full, finely-tuned sound. And then he scooted the piano back in place.
That’s all it took. Already a couple of strings were back out of tune! Thankfully, he was the one who double checked and made the necessary adjustments before he left. I was amazed! Several moves, including across the country before we needed a tune up and then one little shift in position and it needed work again.
Later, as I considered what I had seen with our piano tuning experience, I began to see a spiritual application. Sometimes we go a long time before reaching out to the only One who can set things right in our lives. At other times, some small thing happens to us and we immediately turn to Him. The key here is not how long it takes us to realize that only the Master can make our lives a thing of beauty again. The key is that He is always there, always with just the right tool and the perfect “ear” to make our lives sing His praise in perfect harmony with His will once again. He, and He alone, is the master tuner of our lives.
Psalm 95:1-7 “Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.”
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