You are the potter and I am the clay

For a very long time, I have thought that having your heart broken by God was something that he showed you and not something he did. Like being changed by a conversation or by a mission trip or maybe even a bible study. I never thought until now that it actually hurts to have your heart broken. It hurts to be changed and molded. Its like having plastic surgery. You go to the doctor because of a deformity or an injury that you have and you tell the doctor what you want done. You put your trust in the doctors hands to fix you and expect it to be an instant change that you can see immediately. But while your asleep you don't realize the work that actually goes on. They cut and they shave down and they peel back and they stitch and they bandage. You don't realize its a journey you have to take to heal from the change. There is bruising and swelling and bleeding and plenty of pain. You wonder how this could possibly be helping you or fixing you. Slowly but surly over time you see the change. The bandages start to come off and the swelling and bruising fade. Finally you come out in the other side changed and whole again. The same process happens when we ask God to break our hearts. Work has to be done to fix what is broken and its painful, but we come out on the other side changed and whole.