Wednesday, August 25, 2004
A Clay Man's observation
In looking back at patterns in my life, I see that in instances to where I was the most broken and contrite in spirit during situations that were way beyond my capacity to influence or build any actions towards solving the problem at hand, that is when God moved in and solved the dilemma for me.
Answers and solutions seemed to come out of nowhere at the time. On the other hand, when I still had what I considered to be a say in the situation or a "workable" way out of my own efforts, many of the problems were not resolved in what I would consider as satisfactory and fulfilling resolutions.
This is not to say that I couldn't solve some of the minor situations by myself, but, the bigger and more overwhelming circumstances have been ones that I could see no effort on my part as being capable of whittling the present dilemma into any kind of proper tackling.
It tells me that when I get into the proper position of relying solely on God for answers, He delivers. When I get out of myself and into Him, He takes over.
That, to me, is what prayer is in essence---getting out of me and my problems and into Him.
Potters do so much better at creating than clay does.
Answers and solutions seemed to come out of nowhere at the time. On the other hand, when I still had what I considered to be a say in the situation or a "workable" way out of my own efforts, many of the problems were not resolved in what I would consider as satisfactory and fulfilling resolutions.
This is not to say that I couldn't solve some of the minor situations by myself, but, the bigger and more overwhelming circumstances have been ones that I could see no effort on my part as being capable of whittling the present dilemma into any kind of proper tackling.
It tells me that when I get into the proper position of relying solely on God for answers, He delivers. When I get out of myself and into Him, He takes over.
That, to me, is what prayer is in essence---getting out of me and my problems and into Him.
Potters do so much better at creating than clay does.
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Here in Washington we voted twice for thirty dollar tabs with about a 70% voting to make it a law and a judje over ruled our vote saying it was un-constitutional. What do you do? On this primairy election we have to tell them what party we are going to vote for or not vote... I like people on both parties so I can't vote. And this is DEMOCRACY? I see where you are coming from LJ
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As a potter I really understand what you are saying.
I can work with the most difficult clay when I need to. Sometimes it requires wedging the clay to force the air out, sometimes it involves picking out stones, sometimes new clay has to be blended in with the old, or the old needs to be dried out and pulverized to be re-wet again.
Once I decide that the clay is workable, it is rare that I can not shape it into what I intended, and I am hardly a perfect potter. There are times while on the wheel that a vessel seems to want to be something, and that often works out beautifully. On no occeasion has the clay ever worked itself into something without me though, or even changed itself at all. If the clay will be something, it is my hands that make it so.
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As a potter I really understand what you are saying.
I can work with the most difficult clay when I need to. Sometimes it requires wedging the clay to force the air out, sometimes it involves picking out stones, sometimes new clay has to be blended in with the old, or the old needs to be dried out and pulverized to be re-wet again.
Once I decide that the clay is workable, it is rare that I can not shape it into what I intended, and I am hardly a perfect potter. There are times while on the wheel that a vessel seems to want to be something, and that often works out beautifully. On no occeasion has the clay ever worked itself into something without me though, or even changed itself at all. If the clay will be something, it is my hands that make it so.
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