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
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