In the Hands of 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 18:2-4 Have you ever worked with clay or observed someone shaping clay? Clay, as it is being shaped on a potter’s wheel, is very pliable. As you put your hands on it, you can take a little more or work with a little less. As you shape it, it can go wide or high, or perhaps it gets lumpy. No matter its state, it’s so easy to fix, change, or mold. I’d like you to think of clay as a metaphor for our hearts. If God were a