Made of Clay! :)

We're all so fascinated by clay! It can be molded to form whatever shape you want! You can spell with it, you can make bowls out of it! You can paint it! You can mush it about in your hands, you can knead it, you can roll it, you can flatten it!! It's so pliable, and it seems as though the simple act of holding it in your hand opens up so many possibilities for what you can make!!!

What a fitting analogy this is for our relationship to God! We are the clay, we are molded and shaped so as to be vessels fit to carry Christ into the world! Yet, we were given free will, such that we can choose the shape of our vessel - God did not fire us in a kiln into the hardened vessels that He needs. We are all wet clay, in various forms. Some are vases, some are bowls, some are cups. But we all have a wet, moldable shape that He gives us the power to change with our free will!!

God's Will is done regardless, and He will use wet bowls if necessary, but the water might get muddied and dirty from the wet clay. We may often think we are strong on our own because we can hold water, but we do not know the potential for strength we truly possess in ourselves until we are fired in the kiln!! If we put ourselves into the kiln, though, the sanctifying fire of His love will keep us strong and sturdy, and we are enable to be TRUE vessels of His life-giving water!! We will discover who we REALLY are in Him, and even when we regress back into moldable clay, we will understand that we were made and formed for greatness in Him.

And we were given some of this creative power, too!!! The children that grow up in families, those who are learning, those who are curious and always seeking God - we help one another to find the correct shape that best enables us to do God's Will! We understand that we are not vases because our friends teach us about bowls, and we know that we are pitchers because our family members are cups. Our communities help us to define who we are by being who they are - what a beautiful design of Our Father in Heaven!! :)

Every day, we are called to serve the Lord, Our God, and every day, we are given the clay of our time, our energy, and our CHOICE to do with as we please. Let us pray that this day and every day, we choose to create something beautiful for God, a veritable and functional work of art, so that He can fire it in the kiln of His love and use it to bring about His Kingdom!!

In the Love and Peace of Christ through Mary!,
Christina :)