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y business career has been as an  to-the-corner part of the plant. If the wood
                   owner of an advertising agency.  had been alive, it would be crying out for
          MOver  the  years,  I  have  had  the  mercy!
          privilege to work on many different and  After an extended time of stretching, the
          prestigious  accounts.  One  of  these  wood  will  never  go  back  to  its  original
          accounts  was  Steinway  Pianos,  the  state.  It  is  permanently  changed!  The
          maker of the world's finest pianos. Each  piano  is  becoming  a  fine-tuned
          piano  has  always  been  made  from  instrument. After this process has taken
          scratch; it takes over a year to make one  place, the next step requires another point
          Steinway!                                     of stress. It takes 11 tonnes of pressure on
          The most impressive scene as I toured  a piano to tune it. Each step in the process
          the  manufacturing  plant  was  the  place  moves  the  piano  closer  to  a  finished
          where the soundboard is stretched to its  product that will ultimately be played by
          maximum tolerance and allowed to sit for  the  world's  finest  musicians.These
          an extended period until it remains in the  musicians desire a particular sound that
          curved design. This was done in an off-       only a piano like this can make.
                                                        God looks at each of us as a fine-tuned
                                                        instrument. However, we begin as rough
                                                        wood  that  He  desires  to  transform  into
                                                        gold.  Tuning  us  requires  certain
                                                        experiences that will stretch our faith, our
                                                        frame,  and  our  very  life!  Sainthood
                                                        springs out of suffering. If we can stand
                                                        the strain of this intense process, we will
                                                        come forth as gold…as a sweet smelling           http://www.steingraeber.de/images/C_212.jpg
                                                        offering to our Maker!
                                                        When we are in the midst of these times, it
                                                        feels like fire. It is painful to be stretched
                                                        beyond our perceived limits, but the Lord
                                                        knows this is necessary for us to become
                                                        an  instrument  that  can  play  a  beautiful
                                                        song  that  others  will  seek  after.  Let  the
                                                        Master  Craftsman  have  His  way  in your
                                                        life  today!  You  will  be  pleased  with  the
                                                        instrument He fashions…
                                                        [Os Hiliman  Dunamis Nov./Dec. 2002].
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