Jeremiah 18:1-4 (NIV)
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But
the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the
potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
Clay
The idea of God being able to reshape a "marred" lump of clay into something else-something still functional- gives me great encouragement. Circumstances that seem hopeless to the human eye can be transformed by our Heavenly Father into unexpected blessing. It's not that He always takes away our pain, but that He uses it somehow to mold us into who He wants us to be. Our own choices and the choices of those around us can make us feel damaged beyond repair. Because we are human and He is God, we can never really understand how God's sovereignty and our free will work
together, but I do know
this: He can take any situation, no matter how bleak, and turn it into something beautiful. ©2014Janet Carol Davis
Earthenware
Vessel on the wheel
As the potter molds the clay,
With His gentle hands.
Lovingly He shapes,
Using life to smooth the sides,
With sharp tools He bands.
Grooves form in the rim-
My designer works in ways
I don't understand.
But my maker knows
How, with these embellishments,
He fulfills His plans.
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