March 17

There is only One who can cleanse us from our sins—He who made us.

In Russia, many people lived in a certain apartment house. The basement of the house was filled with the junk of all the families. Amongst the junk was a beautiful harp, which nobody had been able to fix.

One snowy night, a tramp asked if he could sleep in the building. The people cleared a space for him in the corner of the basement, and he was happy to stay there.

In a little while, the people heard beautiful music coming from the basement. The owner of the harp rushed downstairs and found the tramp playing it. “But how could you repair it? We couldn’t,” he said.

The tramp smiled and replied, “I made this harp years ago, and when you make something, you can also repair it.”

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:3 KJV

Lord, You made me. What joy that You are willing and able to repair me.