Pottery is a passion of mine. I love to collect it, and am blessed to own a extensive collection. Shown above is my recent acquisition, given from a friend who recently travelled to Mexico and knowing my love of pottery, gifted me with this piece.
I love how pottery is not only beautiful, full of colour and texture, but each piece exquisitely unique. Whenever desired, I can pull out a bowl or plate, and glory in the beauty of them as they brighten my tabletop.
As I ponder the creative process involved in pottery, pieces that are lovingly crafted, I am reminded of how God designed and created humanity in a similar fashion. It's rather mind boggling to delve into how our inward parts are made up, intertwined to work as one, and encased in skin, held upright by bone, sinew and muscle. The human body is astounding in it's complexity, a fine work of art.
I certainly don't ever consider myself to be a work of art. Yet in the eyes of God, that is indeed what I am. He fashioned, and filled the human body - intricately, lovingly. A masterpiece like none other.
I do well to understand the love an artist would have for their creation, but when I attempt to come to terms with the idea of God loving me, as I am, I often struggle. As individuals, we have a dim understanding of how much God does indeed love us. Often we view ourselves as flawed and unworthy, cracked and chipped clay vessels no longer beautiful, either inside or out.
It stands to reason though, that God, the master creator, would love and value all that he has made, for artists do indeed delight in what they create. In fact, the bible states that He loves me (us) with an everlasting love.
God, the heavenly potter, loves......all that He creates.
The truth: God delights in us. Psalm 18 vs. 19. Just as we delight in the beauty of this earth, so God delights in the beauty that He created which includes most especially you and I.
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