The guitar at the left is called the Ryman and is made from wood harvested from some extra pews at the historic Ryman auditorium in Nashville. Most of the people who will buy these guitars ($6000) will buy them for their historic value based on the years of classic country music that was heard every Friday and Saturday night when this building housed the Grand Old Opry.

The names are too numerous to mention and most of them would have been household names if you had a radio and could pull in WSM. You can still listen to 650 WSM A.M. and they are still playing classic country everyday and night. They play the old stuff. (By classic, I do not mean 80's country)

Now this building houses concerts by anyone and everyone who is thought to be something in the music business. It is still a great venue and very original on the inside. I wonder how many people came to know Christ in this building? You see it's original purpose was to give the 19th Century evangelist Sam Jones a place to preach when he came to Nashville. It was a church or tabernacle for revival or camp meeting services. The man who built it was a wealthy riverboat owner, captain and gambler who was converted in a Sam Jones meeting and thought that he should use his money and build Sam a place to preach. He also built it for all denominations in Nashville to use. It was first named The Union Gospel Tabernacle.

God has used some interesting people and places to spread the Good News. His Word is not just Good News it is Great News. Does your life which is referred to as a "tabernacle" in the bible serve you well as a testimony to the grace of God? My prayer and aim my entire Christian life has been that God would use me however He wants to. I don't think you can go wrong being surrendered to God. If I understand the Bible at all, there will come a day when we will stand before God and we will want to hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." That means we have been about the work He left us to do.

You may not have a Ryman Auditorium or a fancy church but if God inhabits your life you are a walking reflection of His grace.