The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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.
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD.
Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
How many times have we said,
"Use me, Lord!"
"I'll do whatever You ask!"
And "Whatever it takes for my will to break, that's what I'll be willing to do."
Yet when the trials and opposition come, and things get harder and tougher,
we begin to struggle and fight against it seeking for it to end or a way out.
God is trying to form us. When we fight against the storms, whose will are we really seeking?
God's will?
Or our own?
He knows what's best for us and will not put on us more than we can bear
(although sometimes we think and feel it is).
When we come through these trials, we'll be refined like silver and tried like gold.
Trials will either make you....
Bitter or Better
You can either become....
A Victim or A Victor
Through trials you gain:
Experience
Knowledge
Endurance
Knowledge
Endurance
Patience
Understanding
Compassion
Love
Faith
God has each of us on the Potter's Wheel, but sometimes we resist the way He's forming us.
He's trying to shape us one way, but we're pulling in another.
If we have our way, we will be deformed.
But if we let God have His way, we'll be transformed into a Vessel of Honor....
something we both will be proud of.
It hurts! Oh, how it hurts at time....but stay yielded!
***Note: This was something God gave me on March 3, 2011....2 months before my husband passed. I had written it in a journal. Just came across it again and felt led to share.
