The TEA CUP

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" The TEA CUP "

 

There was a couple who used to go to shop in the beautiful stores.

They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups. One day

in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful teacup. They said, " May

we see that? We've never seen one quite so beautiful. " As the lady

handed it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke.

 

" You don't understand, " it said. " I haven't always been a teacup.

There was a time when I was red and I was clay. " My master took me

and rolled me and patted me over and over and I yelled out, " let me

alone " , but he only smiled, " Not yet. "

 

" Then I was placed on a spinning wheel, " the teacup said, " and

suddenly I was spun around and around and around. Stop it! I'm

getting dizzy! " I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, 'Not

yet. "

 

Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I wondered why he

wanted to burn me, and I yelled and knocked at the door. I could see

him through the opening and I could read his lips as He shook his

head, " Not yet. "

 

Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to

cool. " There, that's better, " I said. And he brushed and painted me

all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. " Stop it,

stop it! " I cried. He only nodded, " Not yet. "

 

Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the first one.

This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate. I begged. I

pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through

the opening nodding his head saying, " Not yet. " Then I knew there

wasn't any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But

the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf. One

hour later he handed me a mirror and said, " Look at yourself. " And I

did. I said, " That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm

beautiful. "

 

" I want you to remember, then, " he said, " I know it hurts to be

rolled and patted, but if I had left you alone, you'd have dried up.

I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had

stopped, you would have crumbled. I knew it hurt and was hot and

disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would

have cracked.

 

I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over,

but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened; you would

not have had any color in your life. And if I hadn't put you back in

that second oven, you wouldn't survive for very long because the

hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. You are

what I had in mind when I first began with you. "

 

God knows what He's doing (for all of us).He is the Potter, and we

are His clay.

 

He will mold us and make us, So that we may be made into a flawless

piece of work To fulfill His good, pleasing, and perfect will.

 

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The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known

defeat, known suffering, known loss, and have found their way out of

the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an

understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness,

and a deep, loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

 

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Have a bless day.