Our Lives as Clay Pots - The Alabaster Journal
"In times when life feels mundane or disappointing, it’s hard not to look at other people’s lives—the ones that appear so polished—and wonder if we’re missing something in our walk with God.”
In the Bible, our lives are described as pots of clay. This is not necessarily a desirable image––we don't aspire to be something so mundane and ordinary. Pots of clay can be quite boring and break easily. I don’t want my life to be unadorned. I don’t want to be fragile. If I were scripting my life, I would want it to be flashier, cleaned-up and "hashtag-ready" for Instagram or Twitter…