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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Embers

For those who need to surrender. Again. I know how it is. Maybe you’re struggling with the call to stay. Or go. I’ve been there. 

Below is a simple heart cry from several years ago. When I felt weak. Empty. 

He heard.

Embers. photo by ugo on unsplash
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Clay jar and the Potter

I keep it on my desk. This broken piece of a red clay. What remained after the common clay jar fell off the shelf one day. My one semester in pottery class taught me a lot about clay and kilns. And the fragility of earthen vessels. One small pebble could break apart a potter’s masterpiece as it was formed on the wheel or as it baked in the kiln.