brokeness – THE WALK

Based on Psalms 56

Have you ever thought about a tear?

You know…the wet salty substance that forms in your eyes. Have you ever thought about why pain produces water in your eyes? Why does pain from our hearts flow like water? Could it be that God is aware that our hearts could not contain the vast amount of pain we would experience in this world? So He provided a way for broken hearts to find relief…tears. Once that pressure valve gets activated, the tears start flowing. These tears then cascade down our cheeks with unyielding demand.

One day as I was cleaning the kitchen, the ringer on my phone went off. I looked down and saw a message from a friend.

“Can you talk?”

“Sure, what’s up?”

The next text from her read, “Can we meet somewhere?”

Audio Version of THE COOKIE JAR

Growing up we had a cookie jar that sat on the top of our refrigerator. This jar was a ceramic bear with a big tummy and a face of contentment. He looked like a happy bear in a patch of grass while sitting next to his favorite honeycomb.

Over the years, that cookie jar got knocked around. The constant lifting of that lid and the filling of the jar caused bumps and bruises on the bears body. As we would rub our hand over his plump belly, we could feel the cracks. But no matter how cracked our cookie jar was, it always held the sweet treats that we loved as children.

Throughout scripture it talks about “cookie jars.” These jars, too, are filled with cracks and chips just like my childhood cookie jar. In the Bible, these jars are referred to as jars of clay. The scripture refers to these jars as a representation of our lives. Clay jars are made from a potter, a creator.

In Jeremiah 18:6 it says,

“…As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.”

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All The Tears

THE COOKIE JAR…“…As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.”