ADVERSITY

 

Adversity has the power to shape and mold our character.

This is the message that is the subject of our study.

Just like pottery is shaped and brought to life to create beauty and usefulness so our lives are being shaped.  What begins with a lump of clay has to be worked and worked until it bends to the demands of he hands that are shaping it.  I have never done this except way back in my childhood I took an art class and we worked with clay to make vases.  It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my young life.  I was so happy with my creation I even dreamed about going to pick it up the next day.

We had to leave them to dry and go they were put in this big drawer.  I can still remember going into the empty room and opening the drawer and it was gone.  I was crushed

  What a shock.

I was too shy to tell anyone.

The human spirit is fragile and even small memories that are not really that important leave a  scar.

"So in the end every major disaster, every tiny error, every wrong turning, every fragment of discarded clay, all the blood sweat and tears-everything has meaning.

I reuse, reshape, and recast all that goes wrong so that in the end nothing is wasted andnothing is without significance and ceases to be precious."  Harriet March.

Yes, life can be bloody hard but you cannot create without pain.  Our lives are a creative journey that takes us through hard and disappointing experiences.

The reality of old age is that you can no longer do what you used to do.  

Dad rode his bike yesterday but he is not experiencing the joy of being alive because he is not as confident as he was.  

Forme it is a time to find my strength in my weaknesses allowing old scars to heal and theinnerspace within me find comfort in the grace of God's love.

Adversity comes into all our lives in different ways.