A Lesson From a Potter

     Potter's Field Ministries came to town, yesterday, for a Good Friday service.  It was much needed, and there were a few take away points.  However, the following is what is striking me the most from what I learned last night:

"A potter never sees himself as dirty while working with clay. He doesn't see it as mud; rather he sees the clay as material; - the same way a painter sees paint or a carver with wood.

We are so quick to judge ourselves by our past: the scars, the jagged edges of our personality and mistakes, the times of growth and the times of pain. We are so quick to believe what everybody else sees in us, because they, too, see the process. However, they, too, do not see the finished product.

Remember, the Great Potter, already has the finished work in mind; He is just actively molding it. Do not become discouraged by what you see in the mirror; God's work in you is NOT done. Do not strive to soften the edges, mold the forms - it is not a work that we can complete. That is why Jesus had to come in. Trust in God. Give yourself grace, and trust that the Potter is gonna do what He means to do in you.  (Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 1:6; Colossians 1:27)"