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CLAY FLOWERPOTS
By Sally I. Kennedy
August 22, 2010

As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand. Jeremiah
18:6b

"Hmmm, this flower should be growing like crazy, with all this rain
lately", I mused. Sure enough, it had been raining and raining, so
with plenty of summer sunshine to go with it, the plant should be
doing great. But it was not. I had a nice clay pot with a nice green
plant and no flowers. Sorta like a nice tree with lots of leaves, and
no fruit.

I thought, "Bet it needs more dirt in that pot; I probably didn't add
enough topsoil". I picked it up, and noticed the bottom was a darker
shade of terra cotta. Upon closer inspection, I could make out a
thread-like line. The clay pot was not visibly leaking. However it was
leaking enough to discolor the bottom of the pot. And apparently it
was losing enough water through the crack, taking soil nutrients with
it, to hinder the plant from blooming.

I feel like a cracked clay pot sometimes. As I was mulling this over,
flowerpot in my hand, I thought of the story in Jeremiah where the
Lord sent him down to the home of someone who made clay pots.
(Jeremiah 18:1-6)

The not good news is, sometimes we get cracked, and sometimes we leak.
The good news is God made us, and He can seal the cracks we have. He
can, and will, fill us again- and we'll flower! More good news!

Today I plan to take an inventory to see if there's a leak, and come
to You to repair and take care of it. Thank you, Lord for the
infilling and healing through your wonderful Holy Spirit.

inspirational messages by Sally I. Kennedy
Sally I. Kennedy, ©2010
http://www.sallyikennedy.com

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