A few years ago, I was given a grand piano. It didn’t cost me anything except the lunch I bought for the men who helped me get it home. While I love to play, I had no intention of playing this piano. A local church wanted it gone because its soundboard was cracked and would no longer stay in tune.

Over the next several months, this grand piano resided in my garage as I slowly worked on it and gave it new life—as a bookcase. With nothing more than another free meal, more men helped me haul this piano bookcase to my office where it resides next to my lamp—which was once a clarinet.

I love my bookcase made from a piano, but there is something far greater I’d rather have done with it. I wish I could’ve played the piano. That’s the purpose for which it was built. It’s the same with us. We’ve lost the purpose for which God created us, but instead of returning to Him to regain that purpose, we settle for something less in our lives—something far less.”

I love my piano bookcase, but there is something far greater I’d rather have done with it. I wish I could’ve played it. That’s the purpose for which it was built. It’s the same with us. We’ve lost the purpose for which God created us, but instead of returning to Him to regain that purpose, we settle for something less in our lives—something far less.

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