Monday, January 13, 2014

working at the wheel

the potter touching the inert clay
the stuff of the earth
dirt and living water
making the stuff malleable
dust and the breath of life
giving hope to the clay
ash and the Spirit
coming together
my vessel formed
within my mother’s womb
my vessel forming
by the touch of the potter
in the loving hands of God
ever making me what God needs
working at the wheel


edited January 13, 2014
working at the wheel
edited January 11, 2014
Clay – v4
(editing version 3)
Edited September 11, 2013
Clay – v3
(editing original again)
edited April 20, 2013
Clay – v2
September 3, 2010
Clay
Jeremiah 18:1-11
Jeremiah 16:10-20:18
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for August 27, 2010, read September 2, 2010
&
Isaiah 56:6-8
Isaiah 55:1-60:9
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for August 20, 2010, read August 30, 2010
&
earlier poem
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In the Potter’s Hands

I am clay in the potter’s hands
Mold me, shape me, make me
What you will of me
Use me for your purposes
Imbue me with the skills, the spirit
To serve where you would have me serve
Performing the services you would intend
Wherever you would send me
However you would will me
To send me forth
From this space, this place
Into the world
As your servant, your son
Your child, in your image,
The image of your son,
Our brother, our example,
Our savior, like us clay
Held in the potter’s hands

September 3, 2007 15:05
In the Potter’s Hands
Jeremiah 18:1-11

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