2010-12-16T11:27:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/shaping/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/how-god-makes-you-a-masterpiece-6244 2010-12-16T11:27:51-05:00 When God wanted to explain to His people the painful events in their lives, He sent His prophet Jeremiah down to the potter's house for an illustration. Jeremiah said: "I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as it seemed best to him."