To Break Free, We Must Embrace The Unknown

Monday Message

Have you ever started your day and within an hour or so wanted a do-over?

Thanks so much for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. Today’s poem is a great reminder when we are feeling like we need a do-over.
 
My plant broke last night
The pot I mean
Beautiful and gray
Made of strong, ceramic clay
 
But the Wind so fierce
Took it away
And there it lay
Pieces shattered
Dirt and soil scattered
 
As the birds pecked away
My green plant laying in wait
For me to come save the day
To scoop it up
Roots and all
And put it in a new pot
 
But this pot’s a little too big
My plant doesn’t seem to quite fit
But I know it will grow
And one day this story will unfold
Of how it had to break
Break out of its mold
To reshape into something new
Something big
Something bold
As its roots continue to take hold
 
Digging deeper
Venturing wider
Becoming a foundation
A provider
A steadfast reminder
That in order for us to step into a new chapter
We must break free from the latter
Give ourselves room
To embrace the unknown
And grow in ways we could have never foretold
 
A new pot
Fresh clay
Lord mold me
Your will
Your way
My faith

“But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,“Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.”
Jeremiah 18:4-6

-Abigail Rice​