Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. (Jeremiah 18:2-4, KJV)
Recently I went to the Potter's House at Miracle Pottery in Mentone , AL. I heard the story of his wife's art depicting the jug similar to the one that Rebekah might have used in Genesis 24: 43-45.
What a great reminder, as the prophet Jeremiah observed, that the pot in the hands of the potter was his own creation. I, too saw myself in the hands of my Creator realizing He sees the flaws that others don't notice. At His discretion, He can remake or recreate in my life that which seems good to Him. In my life, He allowed cancer to take my smile, but He remade my heart in the process.
How like our Creator, our own personal potter, to see our need for a makeover. The blemishes that are weaknesses, the cracks that need rubbing out. In His masterful hand, we can be made new each day when we choose to go to our Potter/Creator's house/sanctuary and submit to His hand shaping our lives.
What cracks I have! How desperately I need to position myself daily at the hand of my potter, that He might re-create in me a clean heart, as I allow Him to pull and prod and mold me.
For it is He who created me----HE who "has made us and not we ourselves." (Psalm 100:3)
"Tea with Thee" time draws me to the place of quietness, (like the Potter's House); a place where the voice of the Lord can speak to my inward parts in order to bring about the change I need. As I sip from my cuppa filled with His creativi-TEA, I can trust His re-shaping.
