Beautiful

God told a prophet to go down to the potter’s house. “Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel.” Jeremiah 18:3. He saw a pot being shaped on the wheel—spinning, turning, pressed and reformed. It’s not a dramatic scene. It’s not loud or flashy. It’s slow. To the pot, it's repetitive, even monotonous. But to the Potter, it is a moment to create beauty. He doesn’t rush. He doesn’t skip steps. He uses time and repetition to mold the clay into something beautiful.
And that is the way it is. We would like instant transformation, but God also works through process. Through seasons. Through time on the wheel.
Monotony is not your enemy—it’s your maker. Without it, you won’t stay married. You won’t stay employed. You cannot have a new wife, a new house, a new job or a new church each month. We think we’re ready to be with people for eternity, but some of us can’t even last ten years in a marriage or three years in a job. We want character and stability, but society tells us repetition is boring. Yet it’s in the repetition that character is formed.
So don’t despise the wheel. You may feel like nothing is changing, but if the wheel is turning, the Potter is working. Thank God for time. And remember, time is also God’s way of making sure all of life’s character-forming troubles don’t hit us in one day. It spreads the weight. It gives us space. It allows us to grow. And in His time, God makes all things beautiful. It has to take time because He is not just preparing you for today—He’s preparing your character and heart for eternity.