Be Clay
" You are the Potter, I am the Clay! " Like me, you may have heard this phrase multiple times and even said it yourself. Whether you are in the church or not, this has become a popular phrase; that eventually in some cases became a cliché. However, has it crossed your mind what it really means to say " I am the Clay"?When you hear this phrase, you may imagine the positions of a “Potter” and “Clay” in this relationship. Understanding that the “Potter” makes and molds the clay to the desired finished product. You understand that the “Potter” knows the process needed to obtain the product's intended purpose. You may even imagine a “Potter” molding clay on the Potter’s wheel into a bowl. It is only possible for the clay to become a bowl if it cooperates with the Potter. The clay has to understand that its duty is only to be molded. The “Potter's” purpose will never come to fruition if the “clay” is non-cooperative.
Here on the “Be Clay” podcast, we will talk about how to accept and endure the duty of clay, as we allow the Potter to perform the same. We will explore the positions of “The Potter” and “The Clay” and the dynamics of each role. In the past years, I have learned and am still learning the roles of “The Potter” and “The Clay”. I have come to the realization that I was not fulfilling the role of “The Clay”. Instead of allowing “ The Potter” to mold me, I was fighting back and trying to mold myself. You can imagine what a mess I made! If you can relate, know you are not alone. “You are the Potter, and I am the Clay” will not be just something you say, but you will learn and understand your role and “ Be Clay”
Be Clay
Releasing Resentment for Inner Peace
Have you ever questioned whether attending church is necessary to truly connect with God? Join me on a personal journey as I confront this common struggle, opening up about my own experiences with church hurt and the pivotal figure who taught me the essence of faith beyond ritual. We'll unravel the intricate relationship between religion and spirituality, validating the feelings of those who have been wounded by traditional practices, and emphasizing the importance of personal connection with the divine.
Our exploration deepens as we reflect on the life of King David, whose story is both flawed and inspiring. Despite his imperfections, David's unwavering devotion to God demonstrates the power of humility, repentance, and steadfast faith. His ability to maintain a profound connection with God even amidst adversity offers poignant lessons for navigating our own spiritual landscapes today. Through his journey, we uncover the enduring relevance of personal faith and the strength it provides.
In our final discussion, we address the transformative power of forgiveness and healing from past wounds. Inspired by David's remarkable ability to forgive Saul, we draw parallels to our struggles with resentment and emphasize the liberating experience of releasing anger. By trusting in God's grace and mercy, we can move towards inner peace, healing from past relationships, and fostering healthier connections. This episode is an invitation to let go of bitterness and embrace a future enriched by faith and love.
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Hello, hello, hello and welcome, welcome, welcome. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Be Clay. It is your girl, alisa, aka Tigger, lili and Elise, whatever you call me by. I do have a lot of names, but, with all that being said, thanks for tuning in, thanks for allowing me to be part of your day today. I appreciate it and I appreciate you. I do not take it lightly. I know that you could be listening to anyone else, but you are here here on the Be Clay podcast.
Speaker 1:For those that may be new, we are here learning how to just be clay, not just open our mouth and say, god, you are the potter and I'm the clay, but actually meaning and actually understanding what that means, what that means, understanding that, in his sovereignty, that he is shaping and molding us, and we are going to stop resisting the process of being shaped and molded and trying to do it ourselves because all we want to do is just make a mess Okay, all we do is just make a mess of things. So, with all that being said, I'm just going to jump right into this episode. This episode is in continuation from the last one. In my last episode, we were diving in the introduction Okay, the introduction of religion versus relationship, beginning to understand that they can kind of help us with those. For those who are struggling with the idea of should I go to church or not? Right, or can I just believe in God without going to church? Although I have been in church all my life even until today, I'm in church this is not going to be where I'm up here and just trying to persuade you to go to church. That's not what this is about. I am going to break down, just bring some things down. That's what I'm going to do Break some things down and if you are struggling with it or not, then you can go from there. That's what.
Speaker 1:That's what it is, because a lot of times, for those who used to go to church, for those who you know, they just heard a lot of things. You know and they hear things even now, and I mean hearing things like their mom and your grandmom are always pushing you to go, come to church, do this and that, and they don't listen. They don't hear your reasonings, your concerns, your thoughts, your feelings, the hurt, the pain that you maybe haven't endured. They're not listening. And so you know I, I've listened, I am enduring our pain sometimes is that also they. They know because they endured it too but they just kind of push it down the wayside because, in reality, church has become something to do, right you? And to the point where it looks like there's no different from the world. And so what's the point of going to church if it looks no different than the world? I might as well stay out here in the world, right? At least I know what I'm getting from the world. I don't know what I'm getting when it comes to church.
Speaker 1:So, in Continuation From the last episodes when we was talking about relationship, I want us to think about that, because I because I would agree 100% with you about if I endure church hurt, then I have the right to never walk in it again. As I see others who may have endured it, the things I'm seeing on social medias, on TV, with these big time preachers and things like that and all the craziness going on, I would agree that I would never step foot in it Again. But if it wasn't for this one person and Even when, because I have endured, I have endured, I have, I have endured in myself and not enough for me to leave it in totality, and that's basically because of this one person as well, and the example that this person has shown to me. That I believe that, you know, is something, Because every time I keep thinking about how they were able to do what they did. It's mind-boggling so, but this is something that I have had for a very long time, not just like I'm talking about.
Speaker 1:Even in my childhood years, throughout growing up in church, I was seeing. Now it's a little bit different. It's way, I mean, it's a lot more going on than it was when I was growing up. However, even when I was growing up, there's a lot going on and I remember I was supposed to, so I was supposed to write a book. Well, I did basically write the book and I was just about almost finished, but because I know I'm always, I know it's a lot of books I need, we're going to get this together. Y'all we are really are, because he has been downloading books in my mind for a very long you know basically all my life and we need to stop and just let him continue downloading.
Speaker 1:And I actually put him out there, but the book was called a Call of Relationship because I was, it was a burden and I was tired of seeing, even at that moment, the church in itself, forgetting the fact that they, once too, was cut off from relationship with God. It's like when they get over here to the other side and they be reconciled with Christ, now they want to treat people like they was always reconciled with them and they was not, and it's so bad they're not even understanding. They're not understanding what they're doing, meaning they just do what they want to do, but they don't understand the damage that they're causing to others, to their sheep, to those who are on the outside looking in, to those who are on the outside looking in. And it came from um, it was a. It was like so, uh, that was the, that was the main thing of the book. Well, maybe definitely finally write the book.
Speaker 1:Um, and the title was when, um, I was talking to one friend and it was upon. It was on Palm Sunday, and I love Palm Sunday. Um, not just because we get these palms, but I just love the fact that, um, they, you know, because I don't know if I could do it. I don't know if I know for sure I couldn't do it uh, walk around, knowing people talking about me and all the things like that, and still do what I need to do to prove unto you that I'm worthy enough of your love. And you know, devotion, everything else like to, and I just don't think and I know that you're about to kill me the next week I just and I walk around with a nasty attitude or something like that, or you know, I just couldn't do it, but he did, and I think that's that is one of the main things that I really love about it, because I know for sure that it could not be me the main things that I really love about it because I know for sure that it could not be me. Like, it's one thing to to like you, you assume, but when you know that you can hear the thoughts and I, I just, I don't know, I I just couldn't do it. So, with all that being said, um, I was like, yeah, happy Palm Sunday. And, mind, you, both are in the church, right, this, me both are in a church, right, this, we both are in the church, like in the church.
Speaker 1:And she was saying that, um, oh, we don't celebrate Palm Sunday. And I was like, why not? Like that don't make any sense. Like what Christian doesn't celebrate Palm Sunday? And she was like, yeah, my pastor saying we shouldn't celebrate Palm Sunday because the same people that said Hosanna, hosanna, the next week they said crucify and crucify him. And I said, well, we do that all the time. I understand that that doesn't take away the fact that he still what he still did. We're not celebrating the people, we're not celebrating those that cried Hosanna, we celebrate the fact that he was fulfilling the scriptures on the way, right On the way to the cross, as he was preparing himself for the cross. And then I said, this is why people don't want to come. It's because we got one church doing one thing and one church doing another, and so that was that, was that Now.
Speaker 1:Now, again, I would like, I don't blame, because it's a lot going on, trust me, it's a lot going on inside of it. I understand, I truly do understand. But there's just, you know, every time I get, even today, every time I'm getting angry when I well, what I see and what I hear, of all the stuff that's going on, you know, even now, I'm like I can't go into everybody's house. I can't, I'm just not about all that life. I can't go into everybody's house, I can't, I'm just not about all that life I can't. And I'll say stuff like if I go anywhere else other than where I'm at now, they'll kick me out, right, like, because there's so much stuff around and about all that stuff. But then I keep thinking about this one person. And so who's this one person? David, david. David, david did something to me is mind boggling, because, like, it's just, it's just every time, every time I revisit and I go read again these events that he did. You know, it's just like wow, you know, so we already know.
Speaker 1:When you think about David, the first thing you think about was when he killed Goliath and Bathsheba. That's the first couple. If you think about it, and maybe he wrote all the Psalms. These are the first two things that come to your mind. When you think about David, he killed Goliath, he wrote all the Psalms. You start thinking of your favorite Psalms that you like Not all of them, just about all of them. You think about even when he was to a degree. Some people may think about how, yeah, he was anointed king as a kid, but his dad didn't even call him out there when Samuel came and said let me see all your sons. Right, they had to go and go get them.
Speaker 1:But there's some things about David. That one thing about David he loved God. His relationship with God was so. I mean, it was amazing, okay, amazing One thing, one thing that he did not want to do. He never really wanted to do anything that's going to jeopardize his relationship with God, anything that's going to jeopardize his relationship with God.
Speaker 1:If he did something that knew that he knew that jeopardizes relationship with God, he made sure he got that right. He made sure he got it right. Oh, right away. Right when, yes, he sinned. Yes, he did things wrong, but when he sinned he said, against the old God, have I only sinned. He didn't blame no other body. He didn't blame anybody else for his sin, blame anybody else for his sin. He understood that this is going to mess up my relationship with you, take it away. Even when he in some of his songs, where he coming at people, coming at his enemies, go God, please, just burn them all down. And you know, like, kill them off, whatever. He ends with the praise God, you. But you are awesome and I know that you can get me through Right.
Speaker 1:So his relationship with God was very important to him, more important than anything else, more important than his wife, like, more important than anything else, anything else. And he had developed this relationship from a young child because he understood and he knew that it was God that kept him, even in those fields, as he was doing his job as a shepherd Right, was doing his job as a shepherd right. It was God that gave him the strength to be able, with his bare hands, to protect the sheep. With his bare hands, right, with his bare hands, he protected the sheep from those animals, animals that I would not even, I wouldn't even thought twice right to, even I wouldn't even try it. I wouldn't, definitely wouldn't try it like, oh dang, that's a shame, but no, but David, with his bare hands, was killing lions and tigers and bears right so, but Lions and tigers are bears, right so. But, mind you, he wasn't like Samson, who had this strength automatically from you know, from childhood. But God gave him what he needed and he always held that with him, right, he always held that with him. What you did for me there, I know that you can, you can continue on. And so Saul, right.
Speaker 1:So, after he his, after he killed Goliath, just kill Goliath, minding his business because of the people. It's not something David said he didn't come up like, ah, look at me, none of that Pride was not something that David, he just made sure he wasn't that, because he knew that he knew where his success came from. God helped me out, this is how I was able to do it. Right, that's it. And he said he was very humble even with afterwards, because other people said some stuff you know, saul now is angry, right? You know Saul now is angry, right, he angry and he can't stand David and he tried to kill him. He tried to kill him, and not just once, multiple times, very unsuccessful, but multiple times Set him up to be killed. And David not only was successful, but he exceeded greatly than the expectations, right. So now Saul is angry, even the more so.
Speaker 1:David is on the run, even the more so. David is on the run Now. When David's on the run, he began to lead. He found men that he began to lead, and on two occasions, two occasions. This is what really is my boggler to me, because on two occasions, david had the opportunity to kill Saul. Not only he had the opportunity to kill Saul, he had the opportunity to kill Saul and get away with it Like no one would have known Saul asleep and he was tested. David was tested and he was tested. David was tested.
Speaker 1:Not only did David not kill Saul, he didn't even allow his men to even deter him from that decision. His men like yo, just go ahead, matter of fact, you ain't going to do it, I'll do it for you One of the cases, I'll do it for you. And he's like no, don't do that, because he's God's anointed. He's God's anointed and so I'm not going to put my hand on God's anointed. I'll let God do that Because I don't want to put my hands on God's anointed. I'll let God do that because I don't want to put my hands on God's anointed and it will affect my relationship with God. That's what he was saying. I'll let him. I'll let God do that. I'll let God handle that. I'll let him handle that.
Speaker 1:And so they looked at him like he crazy, you stupid. You know you're a fool, I'm sure. But he did not allow that to deter him from what he know, because he also didn't again want nothing to jeopardize his relationship with his God, although it was a lot running away from Saul, and even at the first time. And he let Saul know like, look, I could have killed you, but I didn't Like, can you stop chasing me, can you stop trying to kill me? So I was like you know what, all right, my bad Saul, my bad David. You know my bad, my bad, you know you right, I should be running around trying to kill you, especially knowing that you could have killed me, you better than me. Because if, because Saul knew, if the table was turned and David was in the cave asleep, we would not know nothing else about David Because he would have been dead, unless God did something miraculous or something like that, woke him up or something or whatever, we wouldn't know nothing else about David. So Saul knew, saul knew. So he said you better than me. And you would think, to a degree, but no, he still, at the next chance, he had sought after David to kill him because he's angry, he's mad, because David was after God's own heart and he wasn't there. Now they both sinned.
Speaker 1:But the difference is, when Saul sinned, instead of like you know what, yeah, my bad, I messed up, I missed the mark, I didn't do what he told me to do. He blaming everyone, he First, in fact, he denied oh no, I did exactly what God told me to do, just lying. And then After the couple times, like yo Seeing me, like I'm not, I'm not, that's not what happened. Oh, I was scared of the people, like once now he heard the Consequence. Oh, I was scared of the people and once now he heard the consequence. Now, all of a sudden, he wants to tell the truth, when he should have told the truth from the beginning. And so God decided I don't want you to be king anymore, I'm going to find another. And he left him. And we do that Instead of just my bad God. You know I'm sorry we blame everybody else and you know it was them, or even for fears. I was scared what people were going to say. I was scared how. You know how people were going to treat me and all of that.
Speaker 1:But our relationship with God should be. It should be. I mean, I'm just saying it especially for and in this part I'm talking for those who say that they're angry at God. I love you, I love God, and you know going to church. Your relationship with God should be the most important relationship ever.
Speaker 1:Now we know what relationships you got to work in, relationship got to exercise and relationship you just can't just like, oh, that's my person and then just walk away like Right, and in relationships they said, and it said that If there's no trust it doesn't work. If there's no trust, it doesn't work. So you have to trust god and god has to trust you, just like you expect in any other relationship, in any other relationship that you have trust god to be there. I have to trust my sister. My sister had to trust me. If there's no trust in the relationship, it's kind of shaky, right. Right, same thing with God. We got to trust God or not, and that's and I'm just saying if, if you in that type of relationship with God, that's I'm just saying now, if you not, then by all means I'm not.
Speaker 1:You could still take some of these stuff that I say um, you know, for your, for whatever you do, right, but especially for those who are in and we talk about being a God and we keep up my mouth and we say stuff like this, like do you really trust God, my God, or not? Because if you trust God, then you would do it exactly how he's telling you to do it and understand that even when it comes to you know, should you go to church, don't go to church, and all these things like that, like, do you trust me or not? Because, even though, because one of the main things that, even though I was upset and angry about how people are, you know, out here these shepherds, you know so-called shepherds as pastors and bishops and apostles and all those and leadership on the pulpit, and I'm up here mad and angry. You know I can't stand it. And God like and showed me Ezekiel 34. Don't be a celibate walking up here acting like that. You know I don't play games with that. And he reminded me in Ezekiel 34, like he came after those shepherds that was out here doing what they want to do and damaging the sheep. And he's that same God.
Speaker 1:So if David, without the Holy Ghost, can say I'm not going to touch God's anointed, then I'm not either and I'm not going to walk around holding on grudges for it, because he didn't even hold on grudges for Saul. He should have right. We feel like whoa, come on, like, why not? Why would you not hold on a grudge? Why would you not be angry? Why would you not walk around? I can't stand me Saul and anybody who's, so I'm killing everybody. Like why. You know he should have Saul been he been on the run for a very long time, a very long. He was on the run for a very long time, very long time. Just on the run, I mean just, I mean on the run, I mean just, I mean on the run that man came so close to killing him. It's ridiculous Sent men after men after him, yet he did not walk around angry, upset. He wanted some type of explanation, but he did not walk around angry.
Speaker 1:And even when he died, even when he died, even when he died, and this man, big and bad and bold, like, oh, I'm gonna tell David that I'm the one that killed Saul, I'm gonna get a reward. Just knew he was gonna get a reward because I killed the person that supposedly killed the person, because we know that he did not kill the person. Saul killed himself. Oh, I, you know that he did not kill the person, saul killed himself. Oh, I, you know I'm going to get a reward. Go up to David. Yeah, I killed All proud, all proud. I killed Saul for you, david.
Speaker 1:David, like you, didn't even think twice before killing, god's anointing, and just killed him. Like what, even then, dave grieved for Saul when he heard that he died, grieved for him. Now he could have said you know what he got, what he want he got. You know, that's what he get. He got what he deserved.
Speaker 1:He didn't have that type of mindset. He grieved for him, took care of the rest of the family he had left, and he did that without the Holy Ghost. Like he did that without the Holy Ghost, like he did that without, and why? Because he knew and understood that I don't need to sit up here and worry about what these so called anointed people, I don't need to worry about it, because God got it, he got it.
Speaker 1:I shouldn't walk around holding on to all this hurt and pain. And that's just because of something that you know because God got it, god got me, he got me because he showed me that on numerous occasions. And so, like I said, like don't get me wrong. I should. You know, I have been hurt and I'll tell you and I'll let you know in the next episode, all of it. You know, just to be transparent, but I have been hurt, I have been wronged by people and it hurt to the core. It hurts more because, you know, we have different levels of expectations for people, especially those that are closest to us. That's why it hurts more. It's just some people that you realize, like you know what I know what I'm getting when I get to those people Especially sometimes like people at the job or in the school treat you way better than your family, including your church family, and because we expect them like, we just expect, like because of who you are and your position in my life and the position that I hold in your life, there's just certain things that you shouldn't do.
Speaker 1:But at the same time, we do that to Jesus all the time, because of who he is, in our life, supposed to be. I like the fact that he died on our crossroads in the first place, that he loves, that we so call, say we love people. We don't know what love is, but we, but we love because he loves us first. There's a certain things that we should and should not do, but we do it all the time to him and so not to. I'm just saying and this is not to again, like I said, this is not to bash someone I want us to heal. You know, and I don't know that I'm about truth and I want us to heal. You know, I know that I'm about truth and I want us to heal. I really do. I want us to heal.
Speaker 1:At the end of the day, I want us to be able to heal, not to walk around angry and upset and, you know, bitter about every time you hear the word church or this and any other, and you start thinking about everything that they done wrong, whether they did wrong to you or to someone you know, or the stuff that you see from the outside, looking in Again. This is not about me really saying, oh better, go to the next church, you see. No, this is about healing right now. This is what this is about. This is about healing. You need to, we need to heal, we need to heal.
Speaker 1:There's so much that we can't do because we're walking around with all this anger and resentment and bitterness and unforgiveness From the offenses of people. But he can heal by your stripes. You can be made whole Like he got you. Now he does. Now I tell you, because this is my every time, I just automatically keep thinking, like yo, david, it's mind-boggling to me because I don't know what I would have done in that position.
Speaker 1:Now, the difference is also because, like I, you know, I have the old equals like he. He right here, he pops my hand. He do all that. But they even have that. All he has was his relationship and yet he still decided listen, I'm, if he died, it's not going to be by my hand. I don't want that blood to be on my hands. Let God do it. Let God do it. Yet we murder him with our mouths. Let God do it. Yet we murder him with our mouths. It's tough saying let God do it, let God handle it. God, because he does.
Speaker 1:And just because he don't do it in your time, it doesn't mean he's not going to do it. That's because he didn't do it the way you think that he should have get your revenge for Doesn't mean he's not doing it. See, like there's so many things Like I don't need to walk around and be like oh, I'm not going Because people do this, people do that. Don't go because God himself told you don't go. I'd rather that oh, I'm not going to church Because God told me not to go. I asked him. He showed me the. Because God told me not to go. I asked him. He showed me the way. He told me what to do. He said don't go, and not based off what you feel like, because other people do this and any other. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that you know everyone is right. I'm not saying that. But there are some ones who there are some. They are right, but you will never know that because you're still stuck on who's not right.
Speaker 1:It's just like if you had a bad relationship and you, you know, as you know, whether it could be vice versa, because you can, you can be in a relationship with somebody, whether it's male or female, whether you're male or female, and because you was in that bad relationship, now you, like all male or females are, are this, and so that person was there, and it might be that person and a couple other ones that you had was there, but there are some that are not, and you will never be able to find that person or let that person find you if you can still walk around holding on to how this one female hurt you. So now all females are this or this one male did that, so all males are this, and then, if you do find that person, you're not able to enjoy that relationship, you're not able to really nurture and cultivate a good, healthy relationship with that person because you're still stuck on what the other people have done the other person have done, and it's not fair to that new person and it's harder for the new person. And so I want us to heal so that we can enjoy the relationships, because life is short and we got to be able to just let things go. Oh, you know, people doing this and any other, okay, but god got him. Every time, I'm telling you, because every time I'm like, oh, my god, god, they doing that. He was gonna be like um and and elisa. I told you listen. I told you it's gonna be false preachers and teachers. I told you listen, I told you it's going to be false preachers and teachers. I told you. I told you, but vengeance is mine, I told you in my word, is to touch my anointing, do my profit, no harm, and I'm just. I'm just saying like for, like I said for those who was in God like we, we don't have. Why are we sitting up here worrying about all this stuff? When he got us, we're, you know, we just got to trust God and that's it. Like we have to do it the way he's telling us to do it and that's it still. Love him and um. Now, for those who are strong, like I don't know about all of that. I don't know what type of relationship.
Speaker 1:Again, your first, your first thing is do I want a relationship with this guy? Do I want one, and what type of relationship do I want with him? Because if you want a relationship with him, by all means I'm telling you, he got you. I mean, if he got you, whether you want one or not, because he, you know, he bestows grace and mercy on the just as well as the unjust. Oh, he's so awesome on that. Even if you want nothing else to do with him, there's still some things that he has done for you, danger, seen and unseen, that he has kept you from, and you don't even know it. It you cursing him every single day. He's still yo, he is so awesome.
Speaker 1:I'm sorry, but, with all that being said, this is not. I'm not trying to be, I'm just. That's just facts and truth. But I want us to heal. That's what this is about. That's why I started. This is going to be cut parts, because I need us to heal first. This is what that's why I started. This is going to be cut parts, because I need us to heal first. This is what it is. We need to heal. We need to begin to get this and let this thing go, because he got you regardless. He got you regardless. So I'm going to end this right here and hopefully you can take the time right now to work on your work on healing from the hurt and the pain for those that you expected not to hurt him too. And even from the outside, looking in, you'd be like this is a bunch of stuff and it is. But God, you handle that, and I know you are, because you did it before and I know you're going to do it again. But where am I supposed to do from here? Where am I supposed to do from here? Where am I supposed to go from here? Where am I supposed to go from here? Allow him to let you know where to go. So allow him to expose the truth of what's going on and even within yourself. Why are you so angry? Why are you so hurt? Allow him to deal with the hurt and allow him to deal with the pain and let it go by his stripes. You are healed, so let's get healed. And so, until the next episode, know that you are loved, not just a little, but greatly. Not just today, but forever. Not just today, but forever, not just by some, but by the one who created you in his love, and he's not the only one. We love you unconditionally and there is nothing, absolutely nothing that you can do to change that. Why? Because love never, absolutely never, it never fails. Bye.