In His Hands

Hey, I’ve decided no one outgrows play dough!  This 50+ish grandmother has found great delight in play dough … and Ella.  It seems to bring out the “kid” in me, drawing out memories of times-past.  Play dough actually seems much more fun with Ella … wonder why that is!  Ha!

 

To be pliable is to be flexible, bendable, shapeable – the condition we must offer unto The Father.  What fun characters and objects we can make with play dough and when we’re done with them, squash-it-up and make some more.   The psalmist wrote, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:17).  God wants genuinely humbled and broken hearts so He can mold them into worthy vessels.  Paul writes, “Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. (2 Timothy 2:21, ESV).  A man and woman of honor – holy and useful for God’s work.  Because of our sin nature, we need continual re-working and re-shaping, which only happens when we empty the heart’s throne-room of self and allow Christ sole rule.  We become as clay in The Potter’s Hands!  As I thought about play-dough time with my Sweet Ella, I imagined myself with the same soft, shapeable spirit – surrendered to God, willing to become His design for His purpose for His Kingdom.  Oh, may it be so!