Coffee in Hand

Good morning,
FRIDAY!
I have coffee and an hour until I head off to work.  I am one smile filled wife today because  I will be talking to Dan tonight :) Last night I was with Madeline and she introduced me to crackle nail polish! I am in love.

Today  I want to share a verse my friend Jillian and I ran into this week. Jeremiah 18:2-4

The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” 3 So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. 4 But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.



Some things I want to think about today:
Where is the "potter's shop" that God calls me to? Where is it that he speaks to me? 

Why did the Lord need to speak to Jeremiah about clay and starting over? Here are the next verses:

5 Then the Lord gave me this message: 6 “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand. 7 If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, 8 but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. 9 And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, 10 but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.

11 “Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am planning disaster for you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.’”

This is a hard thing to hear after meeting with the Lord, but how important is it to be put back on the right path. To have God remind us of what we are called to, doing what is right, being planted and built up!
We are called to renounce our evil ways, a picture of grace. We need to turn. And let God work. We are the clay in the potters hand. Where do you hear from God? What is it today that he needs to tell you, and tell me? Is it something about you, a friend, the person in line in front of you, or is it something about a nation?
I pray I keep my ears open today.

much love,
Erika Hallbeck