{"id":347359,"date":"2025-12-16T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/beachcombing-for-a-new-creation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:20:14","slug":"beachcombing-for-a-new-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=347359","title":{"rendered":"Beachcombing for a New Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-ast-blocks-layout=\"true\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Antonio Stradivari: Beachcomber and Violin Maker<\/h5>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari was a poor man. But his violins are the most prized ever made, because of their rich and resonant sound. A Stradivarius cannot be duplicated and can easily sell for 13 million pounds! <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">What may surprise us is that these instruments were not made from treasured pieces of wood; but discarded timber. Because Stradivari couldn\u2019t afford fine materials, he got most of his wood from the dirty harbours where he lived. He would gather waterlogged pieces of wood, clean them up, and dry them out. A method we might compare to \u2018beachcombing\u2019 today. Then, from them, Stradivari would create instruments of rare beauty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">It has since been discovered that while the wood floated in those dirty harbours, microbes infiltrated the wood and ate out the centre cells. This left a fibrous infrastructure that created resonating chambers for the music. From wood that nobody in the world wanted, Stradivari produced violins that now everybody wants in the world!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8833\" src=\"https:\/\/cyberfizh.com\/2024\/12\/27\/beachcombing-for-a-new-creation\/bowed-instrument-1853324_1280\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mlov8pwp2vpu.i.optimole.com\/cb:Ujl5.2c4bd\/w:900\/h:506\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/cyberfizh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bowed-instrument-1853324_1280-e1734540299635.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"violin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mlov8pwp2vpu.i.optimole.com\/cb:Ujl5.2c4bd\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/cyberfizh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bowed-instrument-1853324_1280-e1734540299635.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mlov8pwp2vpu.i.optimole.com\/cb:Ujl5.2c4bd\/w:900\/h:506\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/cyberfizh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bowed-instrument-1853324_1280-e1734540299635.jpg\" data-opt-id=\"728563962\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8833\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Incarnation: The Creative Work of God<\/h5>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Stradivari transformed rubbish into treasure. Similarly, the <strong>Incarnation<\/strong> \u2013 the Birth of Jesus Christ \u2013 offers us the promise of transformation into what God can make us. The pieces of wood were considered merely as flotsam and jetsam. Stradivari took the time and effort to save them when they washed up on the shore. \u00a0Yet, look at the work put into them to make them unique, priceless works of art, and highly prized instruments. We are no different in God\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify is-style-info\">As St Paul says in Ephesians, <em>\u201cFor we are God\u2019s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.\u201d<\/em> Ephesians 2:10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify is-style-info\">And also in Philippians, <em>\u201cAnd I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/em> Philippians 1:6.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Anthem and the Symphony<\/h5>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">What is more meager than a Manger for a crib? And yet from this bed arose one who raises us to unimaginable beauty and worth. Whose work, both human and divine, reveals that our true destiny lies not as life\u2019s flotsam and jetsam, but instead resonating with Angels and Archangels, singing:<\/p>\n<p class=\"is-style-info\"><em>\u2018Glory to God in the Highest!\u2019 <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the Anthem of Christmas and the Symphony of Life.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Stradivari: Beachcomber and Violin Maker The Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari was a poor man. But his violins are the most prized ever made, because of their rich and resonant sound. A Stradivarius cannot be duplicated and can easily sell for 13 million pounds! 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