MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2010 A CLAY HEART A clay heart is a humble heart that lives
in the sweet spot where our vertical relationship with God intersects with our horizontal
relationships with others. In fact, the words "humility" and "humanity" come
from the same Latin word, humus,
which means "from the ground." Consequently, humility is bending the knees of
our hearts, "to make ourselves lower than" God and others.
A heart of clay is a picture of love, malleable in the hands of the
Restorer who breathes life into the substance that is void of meaning unless it
is shaped and restored by the heart and hands of the Restorer. The Prophet
Isaiah proclaimed, "Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are
the potter; we are all the work of your hand" (Isaiah 64:8). Like when He
breathed that first breath of life into the clay, God continues to shape and
restore those whose hearts are fully surrendered to Him.
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For more, watch The Restoration Road with Mitch Kruse, Episode 3: A Story of Sand, Stone, and Clay
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