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The Potter's House “This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Go down to the potter’s house and there I will give you My message.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw Him working at the wheel. But the pot He was shaping from the clay was marred in His hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to Him”. (Jeremiah 18:1 NIV) I think back to the day when Jesus saved me. I remember the agony I felt as I cried out to Him from the shattered ash heap of my life. I was just a broken clay vessel when the Lord, the Master Potter, first found me. In biblical times, all the shattered vessels were thrown onto a garbage dump outside the village know as the “potter’s field”. This field represents the world. It’s the place where broken lives are thrown after they’ve become worn out and abused, discarded and rejected by the world. Even though I was a useless clay vessel and my hopes and dreams had been destroyed, He came for me and carried me into the Potter’s house. What wonder and awe filled my being when I first realized that He really loved me! Oh how I longed to stay in His arms and bask in His presence! Just a glance from His eyes ravished my heart. With great compassion He tenderly said, “I know you. Your substance is not hidden from Me, for you were fearfully and wonderfully made. When you were in your mother’s womb, you were My chosen instrument and I have a destiny and calling for you.” (Psalm 139:14-16) Then, with His own-scarred hands, He reached into the depths of my heart saying, “But first, I will remove all the rocks, thistles, thorns and foreign matter, all the debris you’ve picked up on the highway of life.” Then He brought His stone of Unrelenting Love carefully down upon me, cracking open my vessel to a place where all I could do was lay in a heap of dust before Him. I was confused because I thought there would be no more pain after I entered His house! Surely, if He loved me as much as He said He did, He wouldn’t allow any more pain to come my way! After all, I'd been through so much already! Next, He carefully places my clay dust in a large bin and pours the clear, living water that proceeds from the throne of God over me. Worship and the Word fill my being and bring soothing refreshment to my thirsty soul. After awhile I realize this crushing is not for my destruction as it had been in the past. The journey from Salvation to Transformation has begun! The Lord then scoops up my moistened clay with His mighty hands and places me on the Potter’s wheel. I hear His promise: “I have measured you: I know your portion; I know the destiny I have for you. For even though the enemy would want to kill you, I tell you, I have a mission and a calling for your life.” He begins to center me on the wheel. Slowly, His gentle hands go down into the very depths of who I am as He pulls up the walls of my new vessel. *foot note I saw this on another site and it was written in the third party I took it (with the author's permission), revised it and made it personal because it was so me. We're all cracked pots. Some more broken than others but all have been broken at one time or the other and have felt the gentle hands of the Potter lovingly put back us back together, one piece at a time. And if we will allow it, the Lord will use our flaws to grace His Father's table.  Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt |
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Thank you my dear friend!  Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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Hee Hee We're both cracked pots! Don't be such a stranger! Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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Hi Rocker! Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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Amen my friend! Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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Yes ma'am and thank you precious friend! Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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pot set back and filled with wine sweet. It is very beautiful i love u mam.. I know my Jesus Loves Me 
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Amen my friend and thank you! You are a dear friend! Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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pot set back and filled with wine sweet. It is very beautiful i love u mam.. Oh yeah, filled with that new sweet wine! Thank you sweetie, I love you too! Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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1/17/2011 10:58 pm |
Great post. Love that one. Blessings   "Love is Patient..."
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Great post. Love that one. Blessings Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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