--BROKEN BUT BEAUTIFUL ~~

--"The pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands, so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him."
---[Jeremiah 18:4]

--Recently, my daughter showed me her collection of sea glass. Also known as beach glass, the varied bits of colored glass are often remnants of shattered and discarded glass bottles.

If the discarded glass ends up in an ocean, it is relentlessly tossed about by currents and tides. It's jagged edges are ground down by the sand and waves eventually are smoothed away and rounded off. The result is something beautiful. The jewel-like sea glass has found new life and is treasured by collectors and artist.

In a similar way, a broken life can be renewed when it is touched by God's love and grace. In the Old Testament, we read that when the prophet Jeremiah watched a potter working, he noticed that is an object was marred, the potter simply reshaped it (Jeremiah 18:1-6). God explained that in His hands the people of ancient Israel were like clay, which He would shape as He saw best.

We are never too badly broken for God to reshape. He loves us in spite of our imperfections and past mistakes, and He desires to make us beautiful. His grace is sufficient for us. ~~

--ODB/CH~