The Piano

Brenda had bought a piano from a Music Store and had paid most of her instalments, except for the last one, around $150. The Store owner had threatened her that if she doesn’t pay he’ll send her two of his employees to pick the piano up and return it to the store. She did not respond to phone calls and so one day two strong men showed up and told her they were there to return her piano to the Music Store.  Brenda remained pretty calm and showed them the piano upstairs as they wondered how they were going to take it down the stairs. Slowly and cautiously, they manoeuvred the piano and after 30 minutes they were down in the living room. As they rested and took a breather, the lady presented them with a check for $150. They instantly got upset with her and told her, ‘so if you had in mind of paying the remainder, why didn’t you tell us....now we have to struggle to take it upstairs again!’ She quietly answered them by saying ‘you don’t have to get angry or upset. In fact I didn’t pay in full because I wanted the piano in my living room. I knew the owner would not send you here unless he needed the money. So now the piano is in its right place without any extra expense, and it came down with the order of the owner himself! I love this piano and it’s now in its right place, and the owner is also very happy because he got paid.’ Jesus once said ‘Be cunning like snakes and pure as doves.’ But let’s use our intelligence by helping those in need, not out of deceit but out of kindness and a sense of justice and fairness.