The Martin - Yes, It's Time

I'm inspired by my roommate Nathan Gammie to blog more regularly and concisely - so here's a stab at a quick description of one of my favorite things.
For those of you who don't know, a Martin is a guitar, a very well made guitar that consistently blows me away with great sound. While I will acknowledge the greatness and beauty of the sounds emitted by a Taylor guitar (see second post down - btw this is my bro's blog..HILARIOUS), I must say that I love love love my Martin. The coolest part is the story behind how I got it. So I'll dedicate the post to that.
My grandfather, mentioned in an earlier post (legit dude, let me tell you), is the original owner of said instrument. Every year our family gets together for "Camp Meeting" (future post...), and for a few years he loaned me this "axe" for porch playing and such. I always loved playing it and expressed this to him several times. One year, I think it was the summer after my freshman year of college, I had been enjoying it and rocking out all week. It was Monday morning, and we were packing up to leave. I took the guitar back over to him and thanked him for loaning it to me for the week, then returned to our cabin to continue with cleaning duties.
A few minutes later, I see his wiry thin frame walking over to the cabin from inside my room. He's carrying the guitar. I'm thinking, no stinkin way. So, I came outside and told him, no, no, you can't be serious. He laughed as only he can (you have to hear it), looks back at me and says, "Yes, I can." He sets the guitar down on the porch, gives a mondo (that's huge) hug, and walks back over to his cabin. That's right - my grandfather gave me a guitar worth prolly 2 grand. He didn't play it enough, and knew I would. So thankful for him!
Lesson to be learned? Hold what you have with an open hand and be willing to share with others; this is just one example of the enormous generosity my grandparents have shown me and they have been such an example to me of how to handle money and other possessions. Praise God for the grace He has shown them and me in this way! It's times like these when I think it's important to remember that Christ is our ultimate example, as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 8:9; "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich." Thanks for demonstrating this well by God's grace, Papaw!