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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