Whenever the pot the potter was working on turned out badly, as sometimes happens when you are working with clay, the potter would simply start over and use the same clay to make another pot.
Jeremiah 18:4
This verse floated around in my head all day; and while i was cleaning the bathroom (which is when no one is talking to me b/c it's naptime, and so God has my full attention), the verse settled in my heart.
Wow, God must really love us! REALLY love us.
To start out with His first ever clay project at the very beginning of time, KNOWING what "sometimes happens when you work with clay" ....
Yet He picked up some clay and began to lovingly shape it.
Knowing.
2 Timothy 3:17 encouraged this clay pot:
Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.
Thank God for the power of His Word and of His Holy Spirit to mold and shape His clay pots for their tasks. The fate of the people in Jeremiah's day certainly does not sound like an appealing way to go.
Instead, Lord, work and blend Your Word and Your Spirit into the grooves of this clay pot.
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