CQOD: 01/19/07 -- Harper: the Potter's gentle touch

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 19, 2007

Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095

Meditation:
    But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
    -- Isaiah 64:8 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    There are a number of Hebrew words about salvation which also mean “to bring into a spacious environment,” “to be at one’s ease,” “to be free to develop.” “Salvation” can be seen then as the new life in Christ, in which we are to be “free to develop” into Christ-like people. For this maturing to take place, there needs to be a breaking down of barriers, a breaking up of the soil of our personalities, and a healing of inner wounds and hurts. The soil is softened, the clay becomes malleable through the experience of the tender love of God and the accepting, non-judgmental love of Christians. We cannot be beaten into shape.
    ... Michael Harper, “Christian Maturing”

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You give the growth.

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