"Hmmm, this flower should be growing like crazy, with all this rain
lately", I mused. Sure enough, it had been raining and raining, so with
plenty of summer sunshine to go with it, the plant should be doing
great. But it was not. I had a nice clay pot with a nice green plant and
no flowers. Sorta like a nice tree with lots of leaves, and no fruit.
I thought, "Bet it needs more dirt in that pot; I probably didn't
add enough topsoil." I picked it up, and noticed the bottom was a
darker shade of terra cotta. Upon closer inspection, I could make out a
thread-like line. The clay pot was not visibly leaking. However it was
leaking enough to discolor the bottom of the pot. And apparently it was
losing enough water through the crack, taking soil nutrients with it, to
hinder the plant from blooming.
I feel like a cracked clay pot
sometimes. As I was mulling this over, flowerpot in my hand, I thought
of the story in Jeremiah where the Lord sent him down to the home of
someone who made clay pots. (Jeremiah 18:1-6)
The not good news
is, sometimes we get cracked, and sometimes we leak. The good news is
God made us, and He can seal the cracks we have. He can, and will, fill
us again- and we'll flower! More good news!
Today I plan to take
an inventory to see if there's a leak, and come to You to repair and
take care of it. Thank you, Lord for the infilling and healing through
your wonderful Holy Spirit.
Sally Ireland Kennedy is the author of
Irish Thursdays: More
Little Parables, Words from the Heart, and 52 Little Parables from
Ireland. She is a songwriter and the creator of Poppy the Penguin®
preschool music video series. Sally lives in south Florida, with her
husband Ben.
Clay Flowerpots
Today's Bible Verse:
"As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand." (Jeremiah
18:6b)
Clay Flowerpots
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