The Potter’s House — The Cracked Vase

i once visited the House of a Master Potter. Some of his primitive Japanese-style pieces have sold for up to $10,000 each, with displays in the Smithsonian Institute. While I was meeting him, he gave to me several of his beautiful pieces. I was humbled deeply. Just before leaving i noticed an old pile of rejected pottery laying in a pile near the woods. i asked him if i could have one or two of those cracked vases. He said “Sure.” One of those damaged pieces still sits in the corner of our flower bed. It has deep Spiritual implications for me. Note: i keep good soil in the cracked vase and it will produce something beautiful once the seeds take root and sprout.

“But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.” 2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭AMP‬‬ 

“Our bodies are made of clay, yet we have the treasure of the Good News in them. This shows that the superior power of this treasure belongs to God and doesn’t come from us.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭GW‬

So, i begin again to expect a great harvest within my own life, though often i am more like a cracked vase than a finished piece of art. 

Pastor Kerry Willis 

“A Place to Rest”

“Come to Me all of you who are tired. You are like people who have worked for a long time. You are like people who have carried heavy things. Come to Me. If you do that, you will find a place to rest.” Jesus, Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬ ‭EASY‬‬

So, i begin again, Jesus, fervently seeking Your face as my only place to rest. Amen. 

Pastor Kerry Willis 

"The Lord Does Indeed Know!"

"You ignorant people better learn quickly. You fools--when will you get some sense? The One Who made the ear, can’t He hear? The One Who formed the eye, can’t He see? The One Who disciplines nations, can’t He punish? The One Who teaches humans, doesn’t He know? The LORD does indeed know human thoughts, knows that they are nothing but a puff of air." Psalms‬ ‭94‬:‭8‬-‭11‬ ‭CEB‬‬

"The Lord knows the people who belong to Him…" 2 Timothy 2:19b CEB

So, i begin again to acknowledge "YOU DO INDEED KNOW LORD!" 

Pastor Kerry Willis 

Faith is…

 “Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God Whose ways you cannot understand at the time. I don’t know why God allows what He does, but i will stick to my faith in His character no matter how contradictory things look.” -Oswald Chambers 

So, i begin again to recommit my faith in my God!

Pastor Kerry Willis  

Trusting My Trustworthy Lord -- Psalm 31

"[O Lord] i entrust my spirit into Your hand…" Psalm 31:5a NLT

"But i am trusting You, O Lord, saying, ‘You are my God!’ My future is in Your hands…" Psalm 31:14, 15a NLT

So, i begin again this day to continue to trust wholeheartedly in You, my trustworthy Lord. Amen.

Pastor Kerry Willis 

"Instead of Rehearsing Worst Case Scenrios…" [Trust!]

"Instead of rehearsing worst case scenarios without end, cast all your cares upon the Lord, remembering He is here, He knows, He cares, and He is trustworthy." -kww

"Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding." ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ ‭AMP‬‬

So, i begin again to place trust in God totally over only imagining the worse. 

Pastor Kerry Willis 

"I AM THE LORD…" Isaiah 43:16-19

"I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick. "But forget all that-- it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland." ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭16‬-‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So, i begin again to consider How Great is Our LORD -- past, present, and future. With Him, the rest will be the best! 

Pastor Kerry Willis