Tomorrow!!!...

Alright, so I am super excited about Halloween!! We don't usually celebrate it by going trick-or-treating, but tomorrow we are. Three of my friends and I are going "80's". Crimped hair, lots and lots of makeup, leggings, and everything else. My friends Sara and Katie, and I are all wearing skirts with leggings, boots, and big belts. Our friend Chase got a white blazer (with shoulder pads!!!) and a yellow polo to go underneath. His mom tried pushing for a pink v-neck to go under the blazer, but he said no. All of us girls thought it would look PERFECT...that's probably why he didn't get "the lady shirt" (as he called it). We were also trying to push eyeliner on him, but once again he said no (so boring). "That's okay Chase, we'll still be your friends". Anyway, I am so excited for tomorrow. I'll have pictures of our time up as soon as I can!!!

In The Potters Hand's

There is this band that I love called "Least of These". They sometimes play at our church youth camps. They are an amazing group of people. You can just see the light of Christ shining through them. They have a song on their c.d. called "Found Victorious". It's talking about how much grace we have poured on us, even when we wander and go astray. There is one part in particular that stick's in my brain. It goes: "Human nature fights against Him, though I'm just a piece of clay". I take a pottery class at the junior college, and last week I needed to get a new bag of clay. The fresh, new clay that I got was so soft and easy to work with, compared to the older clay that I had before. The older clay was hard and leathery because it had been exposed to the air and was drying out. So, if possible, I try to spray it with some water to soften it up and make it somewhat easier to use, but sometimes it's past the point of softening, and it goes in the trash. That can kind of illustrate the Christian life. We are, as the bible says, clay in the hands of the Potter. And when we get exposed to the "air", or the world, we tend to get hard, and leathery, and difficult to work with. Thankfully we have people around us that keep us "soft", they keep us accountable, teach us the Word, and help us strengthen our walk with the Lord. I am so thankful that I have such a loving Creator, that even if it seems like I'm past the "softening" point, He doesn't "throw me away". He still showers me with grace upon grace, and shows His never ending love to me through that. What a blessing to be clay in the hands of such a wonderful Potter as we have!!!