July 28, 2016
The first reading at Mass today:
Jeremiah 18:1-6, the story of the clay and the potter. At the Lord’s command, Jeremiah goes to watch
a potter at work. The potter works the clay at the wheel, shaping and forming
it, and if he doesn’t like the way it is turning out, he reshapes it and
forms it into something of his liking, something that will be pleasing to him.
Then the Lord asks him, “Can I not do to you, house of Israel, as this potter
has done?
And we have ask, “Can he not do
the same to us, as he wills, making of us something which is truly pleasing to
him?”
Some questions to think about
today:
How many twists and turns has
your life taken? How many times, perhaps, has it be deconstructed and then
reconstructed. How many times, perhaps, have you thought you were turning out a
certain way when gradually things begin to happen that change the entire
picture and reform you? How many times have you tried to reform, and couldn’t
do so because you did not trust in His hands rather than your own?
How is He forming you now? How
are you resisting? How much do you cling to the old form so much that your clay
is no longer supple and malleable? If so, ask Him to give you living water so
that you may be revitalized and that he may continue to do His work in you and
with you.
God bless you.
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