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"O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay and you the potter: We are all the work of your hands." (Isaiah 64:7) This well-known image from Scripture gives us a good idea of the way God wants to shape our lives with his grace. Just as a potter shapes a lump of clay into a vessel, so God wants to shape us into vessels of his grace—vessels that can hold his divine grace and pour that grace out to the people around us.
We are the crown of God’s creation. We are wonderfully and beautifully made. But we also have our fair share of imperfections. Wise and patient potter that he is, God is always working to make us more perfect. He is always working to shape us into the image of his Son, Jesus. While it may seem like an impossible goal, this is God’s dream, his grand plan for each and every one of us. And so he continually pours out grace to make this dream into a reality.
Abnormally Born. By the grace of God I am what I am. (1 Corinthians 15:10)
Paul wrote these words as a response to some people in Corinth who felt that he was a lesser apostle, not worthy of the same respect that Peter or John deserved. Paul told them that, because…
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