For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of Gods glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God & not from us.
Since was a YOUNG girl. My parents listened to a band called “Jars of clay”.
I remember always being so captivated yet curious with their phrase.
Now it’s one of the most beautiful things to me. He is the potter & we are clay. He is in us always. (/2)
While the jar is delicate, it’s refined by fire. It’s delicate enough to be shattered into a thousand tiny fragments. It becomes chipped and cracked.
The jar, after all, is a earthly vessel. A vessel is meant to hold something. (3)