The Potter & The Clay

I know that some of you are wondering why in the world I am starting a blog? Well let me tell you that God began to deal with me during a very trying time in my life about the calling and plan he desired for me. He began to speak to me in such a deep way, it was as if I felt like Moses being on the mountaintop alone with Him, and I began to write down what He was saying. Now, I am not lifting myself up or comparing myself to Moses by no means, but I believe that God desires to have intimacy with each of us on this level. Out of my obedience of sharing those truths with others, lives were touched and changed. However, over the past few years I have neglected the calling. While I was still passionate about The Lord I slowly drifted away from the gifting He placed in my heart. In the last few months I began to search my heart and if I have to be honest with you all, God revealed that I was not seeking first the Kingdom. Though I still loved The Lord, was still involved in church activities, and attended church regularly, my mind had been set on earthly things. God began pleading with me to go deeper with Him and step into the calling once and for all that He started in me during that dark trying time. With no hesitation I have said YES to The Lord and begin this journey with the first blog of where it all began...

I know your probably asking yourself what in the world this picture represents. Well, let me just tell you my friend. In early October of the year 2015 I got sick, very sick. I was misdiagnosed a couple times and the infection just continued to spread throughout my body. I went through a terrible nine day stay at a local hospital where I underwent several rounds of antibiotics and tests that eventually led doctors to the culprit: a spider bite that caused sepsis and bacterial meningitis. As a result this picture became my everyday routine. I was closer to death than what I realized that day my husband rushed me to the emergency room. However, what I did learn during this difficult time is that God is sovereign. He wasn't surprised by what was happening and He was faithful to bring me through it. During my nine day stay at the hospital all I could do was cling to was the cross. The only hope I had in surviving was in The Lord. I began seeking Him like I had never sought Him before.

I believe this is where "The Potter" met "The Clay". He started a process of shaping and molding me into who He created me to be from the beginning. You see, because the doctors didn't take my symptoms and pain seriously it led to a misdiagnosis, which in turn caused disease to continue to spread throughout my body. How often do we put off the work of the kingdom and not take God seriously? How many times have we ignored the still small voice of God? When we do so, we are just allowing disease to continue to spread and destroy the lives of people around us. I pray today that we would be a people that begin to notice the brokenness, the hurt, and the pain of those who are in need of an encounter with the potter. I am a walking testimony of just how good and faithful He is. I am telling you there is no better day than today to say yes to God and begin doing what He has called you to do.

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In His Grip,

Sarah Abernathy