This week’s postcard is this violin.
This instrument is completely beautiful, a piece of art in its own right.
Craftsman made; carefully designed and created with a specific task in mind. A piece of art and a piece of engineering. Each part is doing a job and the whole is tuned and ready.
And yet, until it is resting on the shoulder of the master musician, and surrendering to the tune that he chooses to play, it cannot achieve its full potential.
So often we fight back, unable to trust and rest, unwilling to surrender to the tune the master wants to play with our lives. While we are wrestling we are still beautiful, still the work of a master craftsman, still treasured by him; but when we rest on his shoulder, and he turns his face to us and lifts his bow- then we become what we were always intended to be.
I rest here on your shoulder confident in you my maker, my friend
I rest here on your shoulder laying down my right to wield the bow or write the tune I rest here confident, assured knowing that the song you have in mind for me will be the one my heart was made to sing
Postcards from Heaven 
Beautiful, especially the image of the musician turning his face towards the violin.
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A wonderful image – I’ll take it with me through this week. Thank you.
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Thanks for this Ellie. A beautiful picture. I definitely need to rest on His shoulder right now! xxxxxxx
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Thanks Teddy! Rest well xx
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What lovely imagery! The thought of still being loved while we wrestle away is reassuring in our times of conflict and confusion. And resting in the master craftsman’s hands, becoming gently responsive to His touch, yields the beautiful music we were created to make. Beautiful thoughts. Thank you, Ellie. 🙂
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Thanks Joy! This one is especially precious to me as shortly after I painted it for the first time a guy started playing the violin in worship in our church. Every time I see him with his face turned into the violin and his eyes closed, lost in the music he’s playing, I think of this picture and it takes my breath away.
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How lovely to have a constant reminder before you. There is much to take our breath away in the thought of God making melody out of the messy mosaic of our lives. 🙂 x
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