We are Clay!

hey Everyone! Once again, I'm WAY behind on blogging. I don't think I've blogged the entire summer and here we are into Fall! Crazy! We had a great summer with loads of activities and fun! Maybe sometime I'll sit and catch up, but for now I just want to share my devotions with you. Like most people, I struggle with life. I can't say it's been an easy "ride" for me, and I can't say that I have joy everyday. I can say that I'm a christian who believes in a Holy Lord that rescues us and allows us to go through things at time only to shape us into who we will be and who He intends for us to be. The road is sometimes bumpy, the road is sometimes smooth, either way life is a constant lesson. I'm thankful for the trials He's sent me in life-if not for them-I wouldn't be growing.
Isaiah 64:8 "We are the Clay, and You our Potter".
enough said,right!?
Imagine a beautiful china teacup saying " I wasn't always like this. There was a time when i was just a cold,hard,colorless lump of clay. One day the potter picked me up and said "I could do something with this." Then he started to put pressure on me and change my shape. I said , "What are you doing?" That hurts. STOP!" Be he said "Not yet". Then he put me on a wheel and began to spin me around and around until I shouted "Let me off". He replied "Not yet". Then he shaped me into a cup and put me in a hot oven. I cried. "Let me out of here, I'm suffocating". But he looked at me and said "Not Yet". When he took me out, I thought his work on me was over, but then he started to paint me. I couldn't believe what he did next. He put me back into the oven and I said "I can't stand this, please let me out!" But he said, "Not yet". Finally he took me out of the oven and set me on a shelf where I thought he forgotten me. Then one day he took me off the shelf and held me up before a mirror. I couldn't believe my eyes. I had become a beautiful teacup that everyone wants to buy". :)

There are things going on in your life today that you don't understand. When you finally get to the place God wants you to be, you'll realize that He has been making you into a vessel He can use, bless, and use to bless others. So, allow God to shape you!