The story
One day God said to Jeremiah, “Go down to the potter’s house. I have something to show you there.” So Jeremiah walked down the hill to the potter’s shop.
The potter sat at his spinning wheel. Whirr, whirr, whirr! His wet hands shaped a lump of soft clay into a pot. Jeremiah watched closely.
But uh-oh! The pot went lumpy and crooked. It was not turning out right. What would the potter do now? Would he throw the clay away?
No! The potter squished the clay into a ball. Squish, squash! Then he started again. Whirr, whirr! This time he made a new pot, smooth and beautiful.
God said, “Jeremiah, I am like that potter, and my people are like the clay. I can shape them and make them new.”
When we make mistakes, God doesn’t throw us away. He gently shapes us and makes us new. We are in God’s loving hands.
