{"id":2227,"date":"2016-06-27T18:19:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T18:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2016-06-27T18:19:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T18:19:51","slug":"just-be-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/27\/just-be-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"Just be clay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then God<\/span>\u2019s Message came to me: \u201cCan\u2019t I do just as this potter does, people of Israel?\u201dGod<\/span>\u2019s Decree! \u201cWatch this potter. In the same way that this potter works his clay, I work on you, people of Israel. – Jeremiah 18:6<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When you feel overwhelmed and frustrated by all that you’re not doing of being, it helps to remember God’s original job description for you:<\/p>\n

Clay.<\/p>\n

Then the Lord<\/span> God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man\u2019s nose, and the man became a living person. – Genesis 2:7<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lumberjacks need trees, sculptors need marble, and the Potter needs Clay that will let Him transform it into the image He has in His mind.<\/p>\n

All He needs you to do is let Him knead you, slap you, throw you, spin you and throw you into kiln to cook you alive at 123 million degrees Celsius (slight exaggeration).<\/p>\n

Just let Him have His way with you, and in return He will pull out of you the Masterpiece that was hidden in the raw materials of you.<\/p>\n

Just be clay, and let the Potter do His work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Then God\u2019s Message came to me: \u201cCan\u2019t I do just as this potter does, people of Israel?\u201dGod\u2019s Decree! \u201cWatch this potter. In the same way that this potter works his clay, I work on you, people of Israel. – Jeremiah 18:6 When you feel overwhelmed and frustrated by all that you’re not doing of being, … <\/p>\n

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