The Potter’s Road Episode 1 – When the Clay Cracked
The Potter’s Road
Episode 1 – When the Clay Cracked
“Sometimes, God breaks us only to remake us stronger.”
The rain fell harder that evening than it had in years.
Inside a small pottery workshop on the edge of the town, Amos Adewale, a humble craftsman, sat beside his wheel, staring at the shattered remains of his latest masterpiece.
It had taken him weeks — molding, shaping, smoothing, praying. He had hoped to sell it to pay his daughter’s school fees. But now, as the fragments lay across the floor, all he could whisper was, “Not again, Lord… not again.”
His wife, Ruth, entered quietly, her eyes full of concern. “Maybe tomorrow—”
Amos shook his head. “Tomorrow? Ruth, I’ve said that for two years. Every time I try to rise, something breaks.”
He wasn’t just talking about pottery anymore. He was talking about life.
His business had declined since the big ceramic factory opened nearby. His only son had left home after a bitter argument. His faith, once vibrant, now felt like clay left too long in the sun — dry, cracked, and unyielding.
That night, while Ruth slept, Amos stayed awake by the lamp. He opened his Bible, but the words blurred through his tears.
“God, if You’re still with me… why does it all fall apart?” he whispered.
As he wept, his eyes fell upon a verse he hadn’t noticed before:
“Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter:
so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.” —Jeremiah 18:3–4
He stared at it for a long time. The clay was marred — but still in the Potter’s hand.
The wind outside seemed to whisper, “So are you, Amos.”
For the first time in months, he closed his Bible and smiled faintly through his tears. “If the Potter hasn’t thrown me away,” he murmured, “then He must be remaking me.”
✨ End of Episode 1 – When the Clay Cracked
📖 Scripture Echo:
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair.” —2 Corinthians 4:8
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