“I took a piece of poter’s clay,
and idly fashioned it one day~
And as my fingers pressed it still,
it moved and yielded to my will~
I came again when days were past,
The bit of clay was hard at last~
The form I gave it still it bore,
And I could fashion it no more.”
” I took the piece of living clay,
And gently pressed it day-by-day~
and molded with my power and art,
A young child’s soft and yielding heart~
I tried again when years had gone’
It was a man I look upon~
He still the early impression bore,
And I could fashion him no more!”
Author unknown
This is Monday after “Fathers Day” and I ran across this poem. I have two sons that are grown now, but I have often wished my influence was effective now as it was when they were young. They are both good kids, but often get themselves in a mess because they don’t listen to my advice. As parents we must find that there are times we have to let go and let our children learn from their mistakes. We still advise and love them but the most important thing is to pray for them and set them into Yeshua’s care. Fear and worry for our children is just hard on our health. Fear and worry are the opposite of faith, and faith is what we are instructed by the scriptures to seek. Along with this faith we add love “as the Father loved us”, and we have a powerful formula to trust in, that works! Seek His Kingdom business first, clearing your mind of the pressures of life (worry and fear) and He will handle what you turn over to Him.
We sow the seeds into our children’s hearts that Father Yah gives us. We pray for these seeds to produce fruit. The evidence of what was sown is revealed by what grows. The bad seeds, that HaShatan sows through the temptations of the world, we must trust Adoni to weed out. The trials and tribulation the bad fruit brings into their lives is the lessons they are to learn. If they have Yeshua in their hearts they will be convicted by the Holy Spirit and make a coarse correction.
Happy belated Father’s Day
Dan’el
