Clocks and Vases

Let's picture this; When someone made (thought up) something like lets say a clock or a vase...if we would have a clock or vase like that and it would break or wouldn't work anymore...who better to go to then the creator and maker of the clock or vase, right? He, the maker and creator, would know right away what is wrong AND how to fix it so it would work according to how he made it to be.

Well, God is the Creator and we are His Creation, we as believers know what God has done in our lives and what He made (and is making) out of the "clocks and vases" we were when we came to Him. He knew what to do then and will always be there to help us to remain and stay "original" just the way He created us to be. All the other "clocks and vases" out there that do not have the revelation that God is their Maker need to know this truth also. They might not realize that there is a Maker, but He IS their Maker none the less. In the meantime they walk around broken, damaged, chipped, without important parts or have their "time" set wrong. The truth is that God alone can help put their parts together, He alone can set the time right, He alone will make them whole again, He alone can repaint and remold them. Too many people end up going to quacks for some repair, but they just get the wrong parts, the wrong materials applied and they still won't work the right way. Most of the time they seem to be repaired only to fall apart again at a later time. They are missing out on the experience of complete and utter restoration, repair and rebuilding that God has in store for each and every person. God wants to hold His creations again, to admire them, to love on them, God wants take His "clocks and vases" and polish them and shine them up because He wants to show off the beauty of His creation. He loves what He has made, He cherishes every piece! No "clock or vase" is hidden, He remembers every one He made. And even though some of them seem to be far from His reach looking from the other "clocks and vases" point of view. They are always but a Potter's Hand away from Him. He is the Maker and Rebuilder, the Creator and Repairer. He calls us to make a difference in their lives! Let us not stand by and watch other "clocks and vases" go off on these pointless and defeating roads as they seek a maker or repairer, but let us rise to the occasion as renewed, awakened and revived "clocks and vases" and point the way towards the one and only real Maker and Repairer; God!

House Hunting...

House hunting is not easy, you will find tons of houses for sale or for rent in newspapers and online, but as you go and look at them, entering through the frontdoors and wandering about the rooms, one by one they just fall of your list. Too old, too ugly, too small or just too much work. They might have this one great feature, but then there are these 20 other features you don't like. Then you go through this reasoning with yourself...maybe I am too picky, maybe I should not have such a big list with wants and maybe just go with what I need, maybe...maybe...maybe. But deep in your heart you just want to enter this one house and know that you just arrived "home". A home that says, "Hey I am yours to work on, yours to make into your special place, yours to make me a place where peace and joy resounds off the walls and into the hearts of those that enter". Now to make a not to easy transition, but an important one...what if we are that house...and God is the one looking for a house to dwell in...what would He see and what would we do? First of all, God doesn't look at the outside, He looks at the inside...and on top of that He always looks with eyes of Vision and Possibility. No house is too old, to little, to ugly or to much work. He can work with any house that has it's frontdoor opened up. He wants to bring beautiful change; to re-mold, re-shape, add on, re-adjust and to bring life, peace and color into every room and space. To let the glory and essence of the "house" to shine forth from the inside-out. He wants more then anything to take each "house' and make them a "home". A home for Him to reside in, and for all other people to see that a house will always have the possibilty of becoming a home, no matter what condition it was in. Maybe your "house" ,in the natural or you as a person, never felt like "home", maybe you once felt it was a "home", but now it is just a "house". Invite God into your "house", put on the worship music, sing and pray aloud...I promise you that your "house" will start to feel like "home" as His presence surrounds you and your loved ones and because you openend up your frontdoor and invited God to come.