like the potter and the clay

May God always keep you in His grip
like the potter and the clay
may we ever be malleable
giving to his touch
offering ourselves
to be transformed in love
molding by his hands
reaching down from above

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edited January 8, 2016

like the potter and the clay – v3

(merging edits to original and version 2)

edited August 17, 2014

like the potter and the clay – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/like-potter-and-clay-v2.html

May 27, 2011

like the potter and the clay

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/like-potter-and-clay.html

part Gmail chat with

Isaac Kiiza Tibasiima

kiizatisaac@gmail.com

May 23, 2011

&

November 15, 2010

after posting several poems from 12/4/2009

to Christian Poetry

www.christianpoetry.org

November 13, 2010

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Genesis 2:4b-25

the tension between the two traditions

giving us two creation stories

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Jeremiah 18:1-4

&

via email conversation 12/4/09

with artist and teacher

Carol Childress,

author of blog, “Choosing Joy”,

http://carolchil.blogspot.com/

and see: http://carolchil.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-everything-there-is-season.html

&

Luke 15:11-32

Parable of the Prodigal Son

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