A broken vessel. Sometimes it's cracked. Sometimes it's shattered. Sometimes it has all of the right conditions to be broken, and is just waiting. To the human eye, a broken vessel is of no worth, even useless. The more that life is lived, the more used we become as people. Shattered dreams. Broken homes. Breaking marriages. People torn away from us too short in life. Each aspect of each day is some sort of building block. When those building blocks continue to accumulate, the foundation is tested. When the pressure is added, a myriad of reactions can ensue. Take for example, ice and clay. Heat melts one and hardens the other. So we, as people, react the same at times. Whether this vessel will melt down, or become hard, we will be affected.
The beauty of this is that in each broken vessel, worn down piece of work, nick or scratch, God sees a masterpiece. Each day, He is shaping us, molding us, and designing us. What we may see as a broken dream, the God sees as an uprage for a better future. When we see ourselves as a lost cause, the Designer sees us as being right on schedule for construction. When we feel pressured and in unbearable 'heat', the Potter sees a work of art in progress.
Live each day as an opportunity to grow.
A talented ice sculptor was once asked "How do you know how to scuplt the eagle?". He responded, "I just carve out everything that's not an eagle."
Take on change with a vision of the possibilities.
Jesus, the ultimate designer, has a plan.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
-Romans 8:28
