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February 26, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n The Beauty of Being Moldable<\/strong><\/span> Lee en espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.\u201d Isaiah 64:8 (NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n When I was walking through one of the most difficult seasons of my life, God showed me a powerful picture. I\u2019m not really a \u201cvision\u201d kind of girl. So at first, I thought it was just my imagination. But then I felt an impression on my heart that this really was from God.<\/p>\n What I saw inside my mind was a beautiful flower made from paper-thin glass. Then I saw a hand reaching out and wrapping itself around the glass flower. But as the hand closed around it, the glass shattered. It was delicately beautiful but too fragile to be worked with.<\/p>\n Next I saw the same flower formed out of shiny metal. Once again the hand closed around it \u2014 only this time, it didn\u2019t change in any way. The steel was strong but not moldable. The metal flower was too hard to give way to the hand\u2019s desired working.<\/p>\n The last time I saw the same flower, it was made from white clay. Every detail was the same, except now when the hand closed around it, the flower squeezed and moved. The hand folded, twisted, and worked with the clay until suddenly an even more beautiful flower emerged.<\/p>\n I asked God about the glass flower and the metal flower. They were beautiful \u2014 but not as beautiful as the white clay flower He molded.<\/p>\n I felt as if the Lord said to my heart: Lysa, I want you to be delicate, but I don\u2019t want you to be fragile. If you\u2019re like glass, when I try to make you into something new, you\u2019ll just shatter. I also want you to be strong, but I don\u2019t want you to be unmoldable. You see, Lysa, that steel flower will always just be a steel flower. And no matter how hard My hand presses on it, the metal stays hard. But if you surrender to My shaping, I can do a new and beautiful work in you<\/em>.<\/p>\n The images I had seen were beginning to make sense. He wanted me to be like clay.<\/p>\n The white clay flower was delicate but not too fragile. The white clay flower was strong enough to hold its shape but soft enough to allow the hand to reshape it as needed. And in the end, the clay flower wound up being the most beautiful of them all.<\/p>\n I cried. I finally felt like I could understand a bit of God\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n It gave a whole new meaning to one of my favorite verses, Isaiah 64:8: \u201cYet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Oh, friend, God isn\u2019t ever going to forsake us, but He will go to great lengths to remake us.<\/p>\n We must keep our hearts open to what He wants to do in us. Instead of holding too tightly to our own opinions and desires, we must allow His Word to challenge<\/em> us. Instead of walking our own path, we must allow Him to lead<\/em> us. Instead of resisting Him when our story takes turns we never would have chosen, we must allow Him to comfort<\/em> us.<\/p>\n Yes, we must stay moldable. If we\u2019re too fragile, the fear of being broken, crushed, and hurt again will make us want to fight the process. If we\u2019re too rigid, those sharp and strong edges may feel like they protect us, but in reality, they just prevent us from experiencing the transformative work of God. It\u2019s only in trusting the gentle but powerful hands of the Potter, allowing Him to remold and remake us, that those hurts can be shaped into something beautiful.<\/p>\n He wants me to be clay, to be firm but still formed<\/em> into whatever purpose He has for me. He wants that for you, too, my friend. We don\u2019t have to be afraid of how He\u2019s going to shape our lives. He is the God who somehow makes everything beautiful in its time.<\/p>\n God, I lift my hands in surrender right now. I trust that You are the Potter, making something beautiful out of my life and the situations I\u2019m facing. Even in the midst of heartbreak or uncertainty, I want to be moldable so I can experience everything You have in store for me. In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n A few years ago, my life seemed like it was falling apart. In that devastating season, there were two people who became lifelines to me: Dr. Joel Muddamalle and my counselor, Jim Cress. However, I very much realized that not everyone has personal access to a tremendous counselor and an incredible theologian. So that\u2019s where the idea for the\u00a0<\/strong>Therapy & Theology<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0podcast was birthed.<\/strong><\/p>\n I wanted it to be that same kind of lifeline for other women like Rhonda, who said: \u201cI have listened to several episodes since I started the process of going through an unwanted divorce. There were days I literally was on the floor sobbing like a 2-year-old. The hurt is still there. But you have helped me get up off the floor and dust myself off.\u201d<\/p>\n When you give to Proverbs 31 Ministries today, you can continue to help more women find the biblical wisdom and healing they desperately need in the midst of situations they never thought they’d be facing.<\/p>\n And if you\u2019re going through something that has you awake late at night, wiping tears away or Googling what to do next \u2026 I pray you\u2019ll listen in to Therapy & Theology<\/em>. It just might be the source of hope you\u2019ve been searching for.<\/strong><\/p>\n Find everyday encouragement when you connect with Lysa TerKeurst here on Instagram.<\/p>\n Isaiah 45:9, \u201cWoe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, \u2018What are you making?\u2019 Does your work say, \u2018The potter has no hands\u2019?\u201d (NIV).<\/p>\n Which kind of flower would you say you are most like right now \u2014 glass, metal, or clay? What do you struggle with most in keeping your heart moldable? We\u2019d love to hear from you in the comments.<\/p>\n \u00a9 2026 by Lysa TerKeurst. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n Proverbs 31 Ministries
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