Potter’s House

 

The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord,

 

          Go down to the potters house, I’ll let you hear my word.

 

So I went down to the potter’s house he was working at the wheel,

 

          The vessel was made of clay, it wasn’t a big deal,

 

                   Until the vessel spoiled right in the potters hand,

 

The potter just reworked the pot as God reworks a man.

 

(Chorus)

 

Each one of us is like a vessel mold by our God.

 

          Short and tall dark and light, each one of us quite odd,

 

There is a real beauty in each one of us they say,

 

We are all being shaped by God out of earthen bits of clay.

 

Jeremiah heard the word of God to Israel.

 

          You and I can hear God word, speaking to us still.

 

                   The Church is not a factory with people all the same,

 

                             Not is it like a china shop pretty plates upon display.

 

The Church is like the potters house and we’re the pots God makes.

 

          It’s by the strange and loving hand of God we take our shape.

 

                   (Chorus)

 

written by Robert Erickson