Clay in the Hands

There is a sticky note on the top right corner of my monitor that I keep there as a reminder.  It is the only sticky note on my monitor (lest you think I am one of those who has sticky notes covering the circumference of my screen).  The words on the sticky note say this, “Mold me Lord Jesus to be like you!”

When I look back on the reason that I started this blog, Clay In The Hands, it is because I wanted a place to reflect on how Jesus molds me along this journey of the Way and I prayed that sharing my journey would somehow be used by God to mold others as well.

I am not sure how God has been able to mold others through this ministry, but I do know how God has used it to mold me.  I have been reading (as most of you know) through the book of Romans for several years now.  I have been camped in chapter 12 for about a month.  I have come to think of this chapter as the Christian Manifesto.  Just about everything you need to know to live for Jesus is in this chapter.

But today I am reminded that the molding of our lives into being more like Jesus happens when we cease to chase after the things of this world – stop being conformed to this world and its patterns – and we allow God to transform us by giving us a new way of thinking about life and love and service.

This blog is really built on the foundation that God is in the pottery business and we are in the formation stage.  Let God give you a new mind today.

Lord Jesus, mold us to be like you!