I just found an email sent from my gmail account, and checked it out. I quickly realized it was sent from my son to a friend. Nathaniel is 14 and his friend is a Bible teacher from Tampa named Jesse. Jesse has been a blessing to our family, taking Nathaniel "under his wing" to help him in areas of interest such as computers, websites, etc. Nathaniel is not the type that talks to just anyone, he is kind of shy. They talk about computers and spiritual matters. It has been a blessing to have them become friends, though we are geographically separated and are many years apart. Still, the Lord has opened the door for them to keep in touch.
So, what kind of email does a 14 year old send? He did have a few lines about computers, but here is the bulk of the conversation(yes, I asked if it was OK to post this):
"Here's a verse I found:
Isa 64:8
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.
Jer 18:1-6
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel.
And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
The idea of us being the clay and God the potter. Then we see that the potter was taking a spoiled piece of clay to make it into something new and better than the first.
I don't remember all the words but a song that I learned:
He's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be, it took him just a week to make the moon and the stars, the sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars. How loving and patient he must be, he's still working on me.
When we are born, we are first born in Sin. But when we get saved we are born in Christ Jesus. So he takes the old person and makes him new.
2Co 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
The thought that God makes us into a new creation, and continues to mold us into Christ image. Even if others think that we're not worth using, or spending time to re-mold the a creation.
I can see God's Grace and Compassion toward us.
- Nathaniel"I am blessed to see my son growing into a man, searching God's Word for not only knowledge, but practical application and insight into where we stand before God.I thank the Lord for men like Jesse that take the time to reach out to young men, to encourage them and invest time in their lives.
Mark
