The Clay

is life to be endured because of the pain and suffering? or is life a experience of Creation in which we are molded and shaped according to the imagination of our Creator? There is the imagery of soft clay in the hands of the potter. If the clay is hard thus resisting the pressure and shaping of the potter it is brittle and breakable. The “why” of pain and suffering is incomprehensible to us. Anger and resistance does not open our minds and hearts to any understanding. It is not escapism to chose to trust the Potter. It is the way to knowing and participating in our creation. “I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.” (Jeremiah 29: ll). I do not understand this but when my back is to the wall it helps to hope and trust these words are true.