“…and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.” ~Jeremiah 18:4
In early July life was headed back to the rhythms we like, we planned to use September 12th as a ‘Welcome Back to Worship’ Sunday.
But then the delta variant erupted and the bottom fell out of things.
That previously planned celebration only the latest of other habits and traditions that have once again been replaced with more question marks.
Questions that are becoming more open ended right now…
…while our call as Christ-followers remains.
The prophet Jeremiah brought God’s word to people at a time when the bottom had fallen out of things while using the image of God as a potter shaping a lump of clay.
At work with every turn of the potter's wheel...reshaping as needed…which can be messy work.
Yet here’s God up to the elbows even in this mess of a pandemic…
…working out of God’s commitment to care for us and love on us.
As we continue through the rest of this year let us draw comfort from knowing that this process is never ever done without God working to shape us into the people that God desires us to be.
And maybe find comfort as we imagine ourselves on that potter’s wheel...
...with God’s hands tenderly...coaxing a little bit more of us here...
…God’s fingers shaping us ever so gently and solidifying us there…
…reshaping us with a new awareness of how to better be compassionate and grace-filled in spite of the questions.
Together We Serve,
Pastor Mike