Disorganised

18/01/2010 by David.

Just recently the lovely old organ from our church was dismantled so that it can be rebuilt elsewhere.The German firm were specialists in the job. As they removed each pipe and mechanism they took photos and carefully labelled the parts.

It was not long before the whole church building was full of organ pipes of all sizes.I remember as a teenager being allowed into that organ with the organ tuner who maintained it. He showed me how the various pipes within the swell organ were “voiced”.  The ends of many of the pipes were made of metal and this could be bent to achieve perfect pitch and tone.  Many of the pipes were made of wood with wooden stoppers - whereas some pipes in the great organ were huge reaching well over sixteen feet in length.

I picked up a wooden flute pipe and blew into it. It sounded its note.I was amazed at the care and knowledge that went  into this process of dismantling the instrument - so that it could be rebuilt elsewhere - and I was reminded, appropriately, that this work is typical of God in His dealings with us.We are indeed “fearfully and wonderfully made” - composed of many interrelating parts and it takes His expert craftsmanship to dismantle and then reassemble the complex mechanism that is the human soul.

Finally the parts were loaded into a large pantechnicon and driven to Germany.Someone somewhere is going to have our organ. It will sound again.God is in the business of rebuilding my life.

I commit my being to the One who made me and can remake me so that I am more like Jesus.  When that is complete He will “play me” so that I produce music fit for the worship of the Creator, and of His Son, Jesus.

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