The plant holder made by a young loving daughter stood outside the front door full of white cyclamen. The pot was not perfect and the daughter, now adult urged her mother, ‘Throw out that old pot, it’s so ugly. I was only young when I made it.’ But the planter is much-loved because it was made with love by a youngster who was never going to become a master potter.
The pot was higher on one side than the other and somehow there was a twist down the sides. But it did the job it was made for, it held plants and flowers which made a lovely arrangement. It didn’t leak and the neighbours appreciated the display.
We are like that imperfect plant holder. We aren’t perfect in mind, body or soul. But importantly we have been made with love. There is no doubt abut it, God loves us out of shape human beings. He knows we are higher on one side than the other, with our irrational, emotional and biased views. We can definitely be twisted, sometimes full of love and goodness, sometimes full of hate and spite.
But our lovable qualities can be noticed by non-believers. Like the much-loved pot, God won’t be throwing us out.