Identity in Christ
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From Clay Pot to Mosaic Masterpiece
Have you heard the story of God as the potter and us as the clay? Each time I’ve heard, it weaves a picture in my mind of God leaning over the potter’s wheel, and lovingly creating us as a clay vessel to be filled up and used. He gently molds and sculpts the clay into a beautiful piece of pottery. It’s such a calm, tranquil, easy picture. Like watching the breeze gently blow the tops of wheat across a vast field as the sun sets on the horizon. It brings a peaceful feeling thinking we were made by the potter so distinctively and deliberately. If I only thought this far…
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He Meets You Where You Are
Waiting by the pool in Bethesda there lay a man. In John 5:1-15 it tells the story of a man who was sick for 38 years. Day after day he waited at the Pool of Bethesda for a miracle. Everyday he waited for someone to have a little bit of pity on him and place him in the pool. He just needed one dip after the angel stirred the water. He needed one person to put him in the water before anyone else had stepped in. But there were others in great need waiting for their own miracle. Each in ready mode to reach the water first. Who might get…
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Enough
Most of my life I have felt one overarching feeling. That is the feeling of not being enough: Not enough to be loved. Not enough to be wanted. Not enough for people to want to know me. Not enough for people to want to be my friend. Not enough for good things to happen to me. Not good enough. Not good enough to get the job. Not good enough for that man to take an interest in me. Not important enough to be heard. Not enough to add value to any circumstance or situation. Not enough to be successful. Not enough to be good at anything. Not enough to be worthy…