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🎵Proverbs 22: Self-Pottering Much?

I’m keeping this one short to allow readers to just enjoy the many wacky images in the collage. You can read all of Proverbs Chapter 22 at Bible Hub in the Berean Standard Bible (or change to a different version once you’re there) by clicking on the highlighted words.

My focus is on verse 2…

Proverbs 22:2 WEBUS
[2] The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

https://bible.com/bible/206/pro.22.2.WEBUS

And I want to add the verse from Isaiah 64:8…

Isaiah 64:8 WEBUS
[8] But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.

https://bible.com/bible/206/isa.64.8.WEBUS

I chose these to follow up on the Potter topic from yesterday about letting God remake our hearts. And the reason He can remake them is because He knows the original mold and how it was intended to come out. So when we see Him as our Creator, Maker, Father, etc., we can trust that we are, indeed, fearfully and wonderfully made as He designed.

But so often, we think we know best. Like a teenager who thinks they know everything about life, and parents know nothing, we all have our moments where we are certain our own way is better. An abundance of the Proverbs were written to warn people to avoid that kind of thinking.

Back in 2024, I wanted to see what Wombo would do with a prompt about a clay vessel trying to create itself. That’s where I came up with the term self-pottering to describe the effort of trying to make our lives perfect on our own and without God’s assistance or guidance. The crazy results in the collage, and especially the facial expressions, show the failure well. And for that reason, we want to pray for God’s perfect will above all else. That goes perfectly with the song Have Thine Own Way, Lord…

Pray with me for my desire to avoid self-pottering (and the anxieties that come with it) and keep the final verse active in my life:

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Hold over my being absolute sway
Filled with Thy spirit till all can see
Christ only always living in me

Christ only always, living in me! May it be your prayer, too.

March 22, 2026 - Posted by Crystal A Murray (aka CrystalWriter) | AI Image Creations, Creativity, Nonfiction, Photo Studio Pro app, Proverbs & Wisdom, Proverbs Series, Visual Parables (Images with a Message), Wombo Dream | Bible, God and Father, I am the clay, Proverbs, Proverbs 22, self-pottering, The Potter