Molding Clay

 I couldn't help but think of God forming us, shaping us, molding us to who He wants us to be while watching a video in the Museum of Art of a sculptor starting out with clay to create a work of art, a masterpiece. God creates us out of clay in order to shape us into a better likeness of him, as is mentioned in the Bible and as we hear in various passages. 

But now, O Lord, You are our Father,

We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are the work of Your hand. - Isaiah 64:8

Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again? - Job 10:9 

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. - Psalm 40:2

Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does? declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. - Jeremiah 18:6

How intricate, detailed, and delicate it all is the in the beginning stages of the sculptor's work. What beauty, depth and awe as I watched the process and example of a famous sculptor- Canova, do his sculpting like this. It's not just molding the clay, but also the chiseling, the refining after the clay has hardened and the long and tedious, delicate process of refinement and creation starts. 

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The fascination of watching on that video clip in the Museum of Art in Washington, D.C. gave my inner artistic spirit to come alive, be inspired and appreciate the beautiful, unique, some recognizable and others not recognizable from my limited knowledge of art and paintings, be reawakened and appreciated, taking it all in! 

Molding, creating, shaping. God is at work and this trip to see family was a part of that, part of my summer plans that came into fruition.