Kintsukuroi - "Broken Jars of Clay Repaired with Gold"

We are but broken jars of clay

healed by the precious blood of Jesus

made more beautiful for the imperfection ...

- R.E. Slater, August 14, 2014

But now, O LORD, you are our Father;

we are the clay, and you are our potter;

we are all the work of your hand.

- Isaiah 64.8

But we have this treasure in jars of clay,

to show that the surpassing power

belongs to God and not to us.

- 2 Corinthians 4.7

there are some pots that

are cracked,

others that leak,

that can give no service

until bound-up and restored

into service’s assembly

and there, in service,

find fulfillment,

not in itself,

but in what it bears.

- from Jars of Clay, R.E. Slater, November 7, 2011