Just the Clay

I started a blog over a decade ago to document and write about the Lord’s faithfulness in our adoption process. Throughout that year of blogging I realized how much I enjoyed writing. It forced me to truly pause and ponder what God was teaching me…both through His Word and through the circumstances of life. I could never share with others until I grasped the truth for myself…and writing helped to embed God’s Word into my heart and grow in wisdom as that knowledge was applied. By God’s grace, this habit has yielded much fruit in my own heart and life and has been an encouragement to others.   Yet, as is often the case, I am prone to forget. The very truths God has taught me, I need to be reminded of again. I am not unlike the Israelites:  "Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your gr...