05/26/2026
An Excerpt from my Daily Devotional … (😇🥰🙌❤️)
The Potter’s Devotion
Jeremiah 18 reveals something that can be troubling to us: the clay became marred or flawed while still in the hands of the Potter. How could this happen? If the Potter has His hands on the clay, shouldn’t it remain perfect? Yet, the reality is that even with God’s hand on us, we are still clay—fragile, imperfect, and susceptible to outside influences.
Clay can become marred for many reasons. It can dry out, be exposed to friction, or face environmental pressures. This reminds us that God’s hand doesn’t always stop the hazards of life. That’s why we face struggles, challenges, and painful circumstances. God’s presence doesn’t remove our humanity or shield us completely from life’s hardships. However, His hand provides a powerful reassurance: being marred is not permanent.
The beauty of the text is this: the Potter doesn’t discard the marred clay. Instead, He patiently picks it up, reshapes it, and continues His work. God doesn’t give up on us when we are flawed. He takes the same clay—our same lives, with the same purpose—and makes us new. No matter how broken or flawed we feel, God’s faithfulness ensures that we will never be too much for Him to handle. He remains the Potter, tirelessly shaping us into something beautiful.
This truth mirrors the Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken pottery is repaired with gold. Instead of hiding the cracks, the gold highlights them, transforming the piece into something more beautiful and valuable than it was before. Similarly, God doesn’t erase our scars or struggles. Instead, He redeems them, making our lives a testimony to His power and grace.
Jeremiah 18:1-6 … 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. Then the word of the LORD came to me. He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.
(A pic of our director’s special needs son during a game of “Body Bumpers”. 😊 )
