VESSELS!!

Me-maw Thoughts
Number 367
March 6, 2018///

Isaiah 64:8 (KJV)
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Today I want to call your attention to a story you may have heard in the past. The author is unknown, and it has been told in various forms, but I believe the message in it is what is on my heart today.

The Story of the Cracked Pot –

A Water Bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the Water Bearer bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the Water Bearer one day by the stream. ‘I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.’

The Water Bearer smiled, ‘Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side?’ ‘That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.’

For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.’

**Each of us has our own unique flaws. We’re all cracked pots. But if we will allow it, the Lord will use our flaws to grace His Father’s table. In God’s great economy, nothing goes to waste. So, as we seek ways to minister together, and as God calls you to tasks He has appointed for you, don’t be afraid of your flaws. Acknowledge them, and allow Him to take advantage of them, and you, too, can be the cause of beauty in His pathway. Go out boldly, knowing that in our weakness we find His strength, and that “In Him every one of God’s promises is a Yes.” **

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Do you ever feel like a cracked pot? Do you ever feel like you are not able to do it right or as good as others? Look around: you are accomplishing more than you think. Do not keep your eyes on your flaws but look at the flowers of other lives blooming all around you. Maybe you are helping them to grow.

I want you to understand that God is the potter and we are the clay and He molds us into the vessels He needs. There are different pots for different task: be the pot you are fashioned to be. Let the Love of the Father flow through all you do. Be you! God made you and He is using every part of you including your flaws for His Glory!

Father,
Thank you that you are the potter and I am the clay!
Thank you that you use cracked pots!
I thank you that your will is being done in each of our lives as we commit ourselves to the task before us!
Use each one who reads this for your Glory!
I pray this is the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth! A-men

Have and amazing weeks! Love Me-Maw