{"id":3723,"date":"2015-09-25T20:39:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T20:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marniemarcus.com\/unplugged\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2017-09-18T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T18:25:01","slug":"my-quest-love-part19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marniekuhns.com\/unplugged\/2015\/09\/25\/my-quest-love-part19\/","title":{"rendered":"Quest for Love: A Masterpiece in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever watched someone\u00a0throw\u00a0pottery? Sometimes things\u00a0seem to be shaping up nicely and then the potter smashes it flat and starts over. The pottery rarely looks like a masterpiece along the way. If you were to stop mid-process you’d see flaws and misshapen pieces. Sometimes it looks absolutely nothing like the final product.<\/p>\n

As we proceed through our lives I think we could benefit by seeing them through the Master Potter’s eyes. God is outside of space and time, He sees us as a finished product — a final masterpiece. He knows what’s being created, and He isn’t the least bit concerned about your screw-ups along the way.<\/p>\n

\"Greek<\/a>We, on the other hand, see only flaws, mistakes, and strange shapes throughout the process.\u00a0As\u00a0we look at our own lives, circumstances, and other people it would be great if we could get in our minds’ eye a vision of the finished product.<\/p>\n

I found this video of the pottery-making process. It’s mesmerizing to watch. Notice the video starts by showing you the finished product, then goes back and shows you how the artist\u00a0created it. As we watch, we are fascinated by\u00a0how he does it, but we aren’t the least bit concerned or confused about whether everything will turn out right in the end.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, in our own lives, we don’t always have that end picture in mind. We don’t know where God is going or what He’s creating. When we (or He) smashes our clay flat, we don’t always have the faith that He can still turn it into a masterpiece. But He can.<\/p>\n

For us, it is an exercise in faith and trust to believe that no matter how badly flawed or messed-up our lives look, if we allow Him to be the Potter of our lives, a masterpiece WILL inevitably be created.<\/p>\n

Along my Quest for Love<\/a><\/strong>, sometimes it looked like a pitiful misshapen ashtray. At one point, I felt as if my entire life was smashed flat into an unrecognizable heap. It’s amazing how quickly (in a matter of months) God took that formless heap and started shaping something new. This process has taught me to look at every aspect of my life with more trust that somehow, in the end it’s all going to work out beautifully.<\/p>\n