I am a miracle. A living, breathing, thinking feeling creation. A masterpiece of intricate biology, a perfect balance of chemicals, an extensive network of connections and systems. We are the work of the Creator, the potter, the master craftsman! Life is miraculous, and it\u2019s all around us \u2013 growing, bearing fruit, reproducing! Yet as God\u2019s children, made in his likeness, created to walk in the garden with him, we also have great intellectual depth, strong feelings and emotions. And more than these, the promise that our souls carry the very spirit that Christ carried, to guide us and help us. Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet to tell the truth I often feel the antithesis of this wonder, especially at this time of year. I become lethargic with routine, uncertain of my direction, burdened with anxieties or heavy with fatigue. It\u2019s time to \u201crefresh\u201d, like the page on a search engine, to reboot, rethink, remember\u2026to remember that I the clay could never fathom, perceive or understand fully the mind of the potter. That I the clay must trust, retrace my steps back to find the beauty, love and wonder that signpost the way to the Creator. And allow faith to arise in God, my Lord, Almighty one, Father, Shepherd, Prince of Peace, King and Saviour, merciful Redeemer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are unique, precious, known and loved by a God who yearns to be with us. So as the New Year begins, the most important thing on our \u201cto do\u201d list should be to begin to value ourselves the way that God values us. He loved us so much, enough to pay all our debts, to take the most dreadful acts of man upon himself, and by doing so to transform heaven and earth. We \u201cthe clay\u201d can trust that death is defeated and look forward to the eternal wonder and expanse of God\u2019s creation. We are sons and daughters that inherit the Kingdom of God, forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"