Enduring
(NIV) 1 Pet 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
The Potter and the Clay
The clay on the wheel was marred,
seemingly beyond repair
but the Potter molded, shaped and perfected
until a treasure was displayed there.
The clay on the table was misshapen,
and there was nothing left to do,
but break it apart and start over again,
for the clay was too brittle to use.
But the Potter had a secret,
and only a few were aware
that clay dried out by the elements
could be revived to be something beyond compare.
He dipped his hands in water,
and a transformation took place,
For a masterpiece turned its visage
toward heaven, no longer a thing to be abased.
We are that same ruined clay,
seeking a form of cheap grace,
but the Potter dips his hands in the water of the Spirit,
and we are reformed, no longer a disgrace.
For kingdom people need kingdom understanding,
and we need to turn each day,
to the call of the Holy Spirit as He washes
our imperfections away.
We must recognize there is a covenant,
a holy promise we must obey,
if we are to be molded and shaped
by His love, and more than a lump of clay.
©️2010 Carol J Grace
Praise God for His enduring love and His matchless Grace. As we receive new life through Him, and new hope, may we have a new understanding of the nature of His enduring love. As we receive, so let us give.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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