The Guitar

I was shown a guitar the other day that was custom built and had a story behind that really touched me and showed the power of God at work in all our lives.

This guitar was started by a boy working with a kit with help from a someone at church. He was a kid that would always wear black pants, a black shirt, dye his hair black, paint his nails black, and one day he wore a white shirt. When asked, "Hey, what's up with the white shirt?" he just replied back, "That's Jesus."

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will." - Romans 12:2

We don't really know how much we affect the lives of those around us as we walk through life. I have some friends now that have come to me months after we met as acquaintances and let me know how much I meant to them and helped to change their life.

Even the smallest meeting with someone can affect their life in ways we don't realize. This happens each day we go about our business.

During the construction of the guitar the boy was killed. He was talented and played instruments in worship, and people who read his obituary attended his funeral where many of them were saved during the service.

The guitar was completed with prayers over the delicate construction and when I held it, I got a sense of God's hand in the project and a connection to the boy that was killed who put his hand into the work.

His life touched so many in ways he did not realize, and he lead people to be saved even after his death.