The Potter and the Clay: A Personal Reflection Jeremiah 18:1-6 says: ”This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But 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.5 Then the word of the Lord came to me. 6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” This week I have spent time feeling like that pot that just hasn’t turned out quite the way it was supposed to. God gives us free will, but I was wondering if I had used mine correctly to become that which God intended me for, in the end feeling like I really may have messed up somewhere. In reading Jeremiah this morning, I was reminded that God can and will do anything with what we give him, when we give it, if we are willing and ready to be molded like clay. ...