• How Pumpkins Teach Us About Faith

    How Pumpkins Teach Us About Faith

    Pumpkins teach us about Faith. Are we growing in the right direction? Where do we need training, pruning, or a better exposure? Are we receiving the what is necessary for our spiritual growth? Are we fruitful? Jesus tells us, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in…

  • Clay in the Potter’s Hands: Our Potter Restores Us in Our Brokenness

    Clay in the Potter’s Hands: Our Potter Restores Us in Our Brokenness

    God may make you into a pretty nice little bowl only to allow you to be chipped or shattered so He might do His wonders again. Picking up and perfectly placing the pieces together and maybe strategically leaving a couple pieces out to fill the cracks and gaps with precious lacquer and brushes of glittering…

  • Clay in the Potter’s Hands: God is Our Potter

    Clay in the Potter’s Hands: God is Our Potter

    We are clay and God is our Potter. He purifies us and makes us into good clay (1 John 1:9–10). He removes our sin and molds us. He seals the believer’s salvation and inheritance with Him (Ephesians 1:13–14). He helps us stay centered. He’s with us when we are waiting, in our dry times, and…

  • Clay in the Potter’s Hands: Beauty From the Fire—Glazing and Firing the Clay

    Clay in the Potter’s Hands: Beauty From the Fire—Glazing and Firing the Clay

    It’s only after the painted clay has gone through the heat of the fire that the colors are visible! In the same way, it is when we are in the fire of difficulty, trials, and suffering that out own true colors show. What beauty comes from our trials? Perseverance, character, hope, maturity, and a proven…

  • Clay in the Potter’s Hands: On the Drying Rack

    Clay in the Potter’s Hands: On the Drying Rack

    Sometimes we are on God’s Drying Rack. We are waiting, but God knows that we are not ready for the answer yet. Other times we are plagued by spiritual dryness. Obedience is the cure. Hope in God. You will yet praise Him. See Psalm 42.