Broken Violin Remade by the Maker
Story★★★★A musician ordered of a violin maker the best instrument he could make. At length the musician was sent tor to come and try his instrument. As he drew the bow across the strings his face clouded and he became angry. Lifting the instrument he dashed it to pieces on the table, paid the price he had contracted to pay, and left the shop.
But the violin maker gathered up the broken pieces and set to work to remake the instrument. Again the musician was sent for, and drew the bow across the strings as before.
The violin was perfect. He asked the price. “Nothing,” the violin maker replied.
“This is the same instrument you broke to pieces. I put it together, and out of the shattered fragments this perfect instrument has been made.” This is the way God does ofttimes with men’s lives. They are not what they ought to be.
Outwardly they may seem very beautiful, but no sweet music comes from them. They are lacking in spirituality, and the likeness of Christ does not appear in them. Then God permits them to be broken in sorrow or suffering, and with the fragments makes a new life which yields praise, honour and blessing.
The point
A musician breaks an imperfect violin ordered from a maker; the maker gathers the pieces and remakes them into a perfect instrument—illustrating how God takes broken lives and transforms them into something beautiful.