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David Bergsland's avatar

The stoneware classes required for my BFA were some of the most fun I had going to school. That was back in my heathen days. But what you say is certainly true. Yeshua has done a remarkable job, gently making me into a vessel which is almost useful if I ask for His anointing. After 50 years in the Lord, I can hardly remember what it was like to be a heathen. But the change He has produced by His Spirit is stunning. His deft touches go beyond joy and well into awestruck. Thanks for yet another piece that touches me deeply.

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Linda Twaddell's avatar

Perhaps there is something more here about these vessels. And you really did get me thinking, Sergio! You know when we are clay and then formed to function, the question isn't the vessel is it? Every instance tells us about what the state of the inside is. Is the cup on the outside the only clean part? And what pray tell is filling it up? Does this cup overflow with water or poisonous wrath? Or perhaps it is big and hollow full of air. And that one is unique because if you tap on it, great sound results. But is a vessel ever crafted to hold air? The Old Testament tells us over and over that fresh water good enough for drinking is there. How amazing that as Jesus went to the woman at Jacob's well and told her he was the water of life. And she got it, she pressed into his statement knowing from the Old Testament exactly who he claimed he was. Book ends it seems, this story of water, where Abraham's servant found Rebekah who was generous in giving water to thirsty camels. So what of us now and what do we offer generously? Once we are formed and made into something beautiful and full of the life-giving water of Jesus, do we give to others on that journey, or do we walk like beggars with an empty cup shaking it so others will fill your cup with something else?

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