Clay

Working on my talk for the Walk to Emmaus next month, I've been turning these words around in my head: Information, formation, transformation, and (being) conformed. These words are, in the context of a Christian life, pretty much the whole story. We have to get information from studying the Bible, listening to the Spirit, listening to other Christians, observing God in nature. We allow spiritual formation, maturity to take place in our souls. We become transformed into a more Christ-like human, often in times of great difficulty. We are FORMED. This means we must yield like a lump of clay in the Potter's hands. This is not something we do to ourselves. This only scratches the surface of this topic. Just a summary...