Mold Me and Make Me

I must admit the first title that popped in my head was "Soft and Chewy." LOL!

But then I saw and heard the following:

I saw a diamond shape. This reminds me that we ARE precious jewels to the Lord; we are priceless. It DOES look "soft" on the inside like candy would, but I am reminded that Jesus says that He will make a "heart of stone become a heart of flesh"-soft and pliable.

See the swirls on the left near the opening? Well, that reminded me of what CLAY looks like when the potter is working it on the wheel. My mindset of clay was stretched a bit here. I think of clay as pretty blah and plain in its raw form, but WHEN THE LORD IS "MESSING WITH IT" some wild things happen to the color and texture after He's done pounding it, FIRING IT and coloring it.

I used to feel like such a hypocrite when I sang the first stanza of the hymn "Have Thine Own Way Lord" (Adelaide A. Pollard 1907) but after completing this latest painting, I realize the Lord wanted to MINISTER to me through these very lyrics. Go God...thank You, Jesus. I'm yours to mold and make.

Have Thine Own Way, Lord, Have Thine Own Way

Thou Art the Potter, I am the clay

MOLD ME AND MAKE ME after Thy Will

While I am yielded, waiting and still.

Have Thine Own Way, Lord, Have Thine Own Way

Search me and try me, Master, today

Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now

As in Thy presence humbly I bow.

Have Thine Own Way, Lord, Have Thine Own Way

Wounded and weary, help me I pray

Power, all power, surely is Thine

Touch me and heal me, Savior divine

Have Thine Own Way, Lord, Have Thine Own Way

Hold o'er my being absolute sway

Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see

Christ only, always, living in me