IF A POT COULD TALK

Isaiah 45:9, Isaiah 64:8, Jeremiah 18:6, Lamentations 4:2

If a pot could talk, what would it say,
About the shape that it’s in and how it got that way?

Would It Say: “Put me back in the ground from whence I came.
Since you dug me up, I’ve never been the same.”
OR: “Thank you for extracting me from the ground,
I was so lost and now I'm so happy to be found.”

Would It say: “Don’t try to clean me and soften me up.
I’d rather stay dirty like the rest of the muck.”
OR: “Thank you for removing all the foreign objects from me.
Because of you, I have achieved such purity.”

Would It Say: “Must you knead so hard and press so much?
Just leave me alone, I don’t want to be touched!”
OR: “Since I know you won’t give me more than I can bear,
You must be pushing me so hard because you care.”

Would It Say: “First you wanted soft and now you’re making me hard.
Make up your mind! Who left you in charge?”
OR: “Thank you for all those additives to make me stronger.
Now I won’t crack or break and I’ll last much longer.”

Would It Say: “Now you’ve done it. I want to be hidden from others.
You’ve given me this pathetic pattern and these crazy colors.”
OR: “Thank you for not leaving me all boring and dull.
You’ve given me even more characteristics to fulfill my call.”

Would It Say: “Don’t put me in that fire, it’s too hot in there!
I did not ask for this and it is not fair!”
OR: “I will go through the fire, if I must.
I know it won’t be pleasant, but in you I trust.”

Would It Say: “You put me through all that and now you want me to work?
Just put me on the shelf because I’m just too hurt.”
OR: "You were the potter and I was the clay.
It’s because of you that I am here today.
When I was scared and hurting you said I’d be okay.
I’m so glad that I let you have your way.
You shaped me and molded me; now give me your fill.
I am ready to be used as a vessel for your will."

You may be a pot or you may still be clay.
What do YOU have to say…
About the shape that you’re in and how you got that way?


-HEC3