Everyone has a Story!

I took the old Mustang to the town square today for a vintage car show. I never cease to be amazed at the beauty of these creations.  I think I enjoy listening to the stories behind these beauties as much as looking at the cars.  As I listened to some of the stories, I was reminded of buying an old Chevy years ago and as the new car was being replaced with the old one in the garage I heard a familiar voice say, “that’s a piece of junk.”  Of course the common response in return was, “you can’t look at what is now, but what it will be when it is finished.  This car has great potential.” 

If only these cars could talk about the restoration.  I believe the stories would parallel our life over time.  Some would say, “I had such potential when my journey began.  I was beautiful when I rolled off the assemble line.  Over time, I allowed the elements of the world to cause deterioration, and I was just set aside for junk.  Then one day a master craftsman saw me, looked beyond my faults, and saw what I could be.  That was a great day when he saw what I could be, bought me, and began the transformation.  I can tell you every imperfection that I had and still have because I still not perfect.  I just wish I could tell you a story of pride before being found but I cannot. However, now things are very different.  The owner is very proud of me now that I am finished.  He continues to make improvements and polishes me continuously as he shows off his work.  I am so glad he didn’t give up on me because I am once again something special in the master’s eyes.”

Each of us has a story.  That story is quite different with each of us.  Some have a story of one still in the show room condition; others, a story of how outside influences caused deterioration; perhaps others with a story of total devastation.  The key to each story is that it is never too late to yield our life to the Master Craftsman.  Our life may in a state of waiting in limbo, the beginning of the restoration project or it may be in the final stages of the restoration.  We must remember that no matter what stage we are in, the Owner is always proud of the original creation and wants to take us there again.  Each of us is a bundle of potentiality and even though we may be a work in progress, be proud of who you are and where you will be when the restoration is complete. 

Notice the words from Psalms 139:13-17 “Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother's womb. I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day. Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!  God, I'll never comprehend them!”