Last night I heard a sermon that made me stop dead in my tracks and realize ….”Darlene, you are only broken pieces from the Potter’s field. You consist of pieces that no one else thought was worth anything. No use to them at all!!!!!!”

At one time in my life I remember just being broken, as I am sure that so many of you, if you were truly honest with yourselves, can also remember. However, I also remember very vividly the day the Potter went for a walk and started picking my life up….piece, by piece, by piece. He collected every single piece. The pieces from my childhood that left me withdrawn and lonely. The pieces from my first marriage that left me sad, depressed, and completely shattered. Then he found the pieces from the few years that I turned to alcohol and drugs to relieve the pain. Then he found all them little tiny pieces that was found throughout my life from people saying she will always be a drunk, she will never change, she is not going to make anything of herself, …………

THANK GOD ……. THANK YOU LORD………

I am truly thankful that when The Lord picked them up and didn’t just throw them back down….But, the Potter seen something in all those pieces. All those struggles, all the hurt, all the pain, all the tears………He seen the beauty that was in all them pieces….He had a vision of what a work of art, what a one of a kind master piece them pieces could become. He picked up the pieces that everyone else said was worthless. He picked up the pieces that everyone else said would be nothing……..but he said……Jeremiah 18:6 Oh….He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, (Darlene) as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel (Darlene).

HE SEEN ME!!!!!! He seen me…….He seen me at my worse….and yet he still seen the very best in me!!!!!! IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALY EASY FOR HIM TO SEE THE FAULTS IN ME……BUT HE SEEN PAST ALL THE MUCK, DIRT, AND DAMAGE AND SEEN THE LITTLE GIRL THAT HE CREATED FOR VICTORY….THE WOMAN HE CREATED FOR A PURPOSE……HE SAW ME…….HE LOVED ME………

Prayer: Dear Lord, I am truly thankful that although I don’t deserve anything special, BUT special treatment, FAVOR, you still pour upon me and my life every single day! Thank you for reaching down and picking me up when everyone else just left me on the field…..Lord my prayer is that I look at everyone in this lost and dying world through the same eyes as you seen me. Through eyes of compassion, unconditional love, eyes of mercy, through the eyes of the Potter…… To always see the good in people, and to always remind them of their worth and value to you, PRICELESS!!!!!! In Jesus name ……Amen