GRACE

His Grace is sufficient for us and His Mercies are new everyday, always tender and ready to meet us at our point of need.

Still on the RACE

Ecclesiastes 9:11 "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all".

Each and every personhas got his / her own pocket of challenges, opportunities and challenges, enough for him / her. It all depends on one's attitude towards life. At the end of the day, it is all about you and God.

The RACE

By trying to please everybody, you will please nobody.

This is one of the most valuable life lessons my grand mother left me. Never made much sense earlier in life, but as I grow older I realise how important it is to have clear values and stick to them. A people pleaser cannot be relied upon. There is a race to be run and finished Gracefully.

The WHEEL!!

Busy on the wheel.

Your Destiny

It is critical in life to discover one's purpose on earth, something one is living for. This is a solitary and individual discovery that often connects one to others. It is important at the same time not to rely so much on the others that are acquired through this discovery. It is good to appreciate them, but leaning too much on them may be destructive to the self as they never fully understand what it took to reach that discovery. Appreciate everyone, but never let anyone dictate to you who you should be. Only and ONLY the Master Potter should have the ultimate and final say in our lives. Somehow others, if given full leverage in one's life, they either manipulate, curtail one's life or simply become indifferent, knowing very well that you are fully dependent on them. We are given the power to be in charge of ourselves and positively contribute towards our destinies, that is the Divine latitude one should never trade for anything else. You are the Mastermind to your Destiny. Usually people come and go in your life, some that you never thought would leave, at some point they do leave in the blinking of an eye, often leaving you drained, surprised and bitter; and you remain with your own self and the destiny you created. Create your destiny around your values, not around people.

Back to the wheel

Back to throwing again. I am in love with pottery. Guess I need to get the kiln and the wheel soon. I now fully understand what Jeremiah saw in Jeremiah 18:3 when he went to the potter's house and saw him working on the wheel. In verse 4 the pot is marred in the hands of the potter. This is quite an involved experience. When Jeremiah witnesses how this whole process is, the Lord gives him a message in v.5. In v,6 we are like clay in the potter's hand, we must just be willing to be moulded and re-moulded until we are what He wants us to be. The challenge with the clay is that if it becomes too marred in the hands of the potter, especially with too much water, it cannot be molded again until it is recycled. If the clay get too dry, it needs some water so that it can be molded. If the clay is bisqued in wrong shape, it cannot be remolded into shape again, in that case it is either broken or simply thrown away. Alternatively it can be recycled. :-) It is great to be a potter.