“Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ ”
— Isaiah 45:9
Imagine you’re making a snake out of Play-Doh, and it suddenly looks up at you, opens its big clay mouth, and says, “What do you think you’re doing? I don’t want to be a snake. I want to be an elephant.”
Obviously that isn’t going to happen, which is exactly the point of this verse. God is like a Great Potter, creating each person just the way he wants him or her to be. As his creations, we don’t get to say, “I want to be something else!” But we try it anyway. Have you ever heard yourself say . . .
• I wish I were more .
• I wish I weren’t so .
• If I were more like , things would be better.
The first step in discovering your one-of-a-kind-ness is accepting that you are made by God to be exactly who God wants you to be. He decided who you are and will be, and eventually he’ll reveal that plan to you — one wad of clay at a time.
More to Explore: Psalm 139:14
Girl Talk: What are some things about you that make you different from everyone you know?
God Talk: “Jesus, you knew exactly what you were doing when you created me. Help me to love the person that I am — every part of it. Amen.”
From That Is So Me by Nancy Rue