In the Hands of the Potter

 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. (Isaiah 64:8 KJV)

 The Lord shapes our lives in new ways at different periods through a vast range of experiences. The best plan is to look at whatever He’s given you to do at this time and determine that it’s not a mistake, it’s not a punishment, it’s not a hardship to just be endured.

 According to your attitude, it can be a positive experience, an opportunity that you can turn into something that will benefit you and those around you. It’s a chance to gain qualities, strength, convictions, and vision that you couldn’t gain in the same way elsewhere.

 Life doesn’t get better by getting easier. It gets better by being lived to the full. To do that, you have to seek to experience joy in each event that enters your life and strive to gain from every situation you find yourself in, no matter what it may look like to you.

 If you take it like that and seek God to help you find the treasures in what might look like a bit of a dunghill at the moment, you’ll discover something far greater than you had thought possible. —M. Fontaine [1]

 So do not fear the struggle; rather, embrace it. Embrace it in the knowledge that the Grand Weaver will take all of your struggles, questions, disappointments, and fears and use them to build your faith and increasingly make you into a man or woman who looks like Jesus Christ. —Ravi Zacharias

[1] M. Fontaine Anchor Molding and Shaping