A GRAIN OF GRACE

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A GRAIN OF GRACE

"He alone knows the knack of getting things done, as He likes. Neither the

flute, nor the harmonium knows how the sounds are produced. This is the concern

of the Player. "

Sri Sai Satcharitra, chapter III.

There is a beautiful story I read somewhere concerning an auction at which

several articles were sold. The auctioneer picked up an old and damaged violin,

and asked if any one would have it. Finding the instrument in a miserable

condition, the people smiled. A voice was heard: "One shilling." The crowd

roared and some cried. "Let him have it!" The auctioneer paused for a while,

then said: "Perhaps a violinist would like to try it."

An old man took the old violin and, placed it under his chin, played such

beautiful melodies that finally the violin was sold for one hundred pounds.

A seemingly worthless thing can become precious in the hands of a Master. Many

of us feel that we are useless, worth very little or nothing: we surrender

ourselves to a great Master and he reveals our hidden value and, through us,

does great things with God’s grace.

What is God’s grace? Rightly has it been said, "A grain of grace sufficeth: Out

of a grain of God’s grace, the entire universe is born. The man, who has

surrendered himself to God and lives by His grace, lacks nothing. We are very

much like a bird who eats grain at Bird’s Sanctuary, which is always filled

with grain. The bird is anxious lest it might, by daily consumption of grain,

exhaust the supplies and starve to death. The Lord says: "Have no fear, little

birdie, the stock of grain is exhaustible!" One grain of grace sufficeth.

One beautiful evening, as I took my usual walk, I found hundreds of birds

singing to their hearts’ content. And I said :" Birds were created to sing, and

they sing. Man was created to love God: when will he give up chasing

shadow–shapes and start loving God?"

A grain of grace sufficeth!

(Written by J.P. Vaswani)

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