_Have you ever noticed how ordinary items become extraordinary in the right hands?

• A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.  In Kobe Bryant’s hands its worth over $136 million. 
• A paintbrush in my hands is useless.  In Monet’s hands, a paintbrush produces masterpieces. 
• Two fish and five loaves in my hands make a couple of fish sandwiches.  In Jesus’ hands, they feed thousands.

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• A nail stuck in my hand would produce needless pain and a resolve never to get in over my head with home maintenance again.  But the nails piercing Christ’s hands are an expression of the wisdom of God and His infinite ability to use suffering to redeem the world’s pain.  As with everything else, whose hand the object is in makes all the difference.

                                    ~S. Arterburn

Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave the bread to the disciples, who distributed it to the people.  They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers.  About 5,000 men were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children!  ~Matthew 14:19b-21 (NLT)

We are the clay, you are the potter.
                                          ~Isaiah 64:8:b

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
                                    ~Ephesians 3:20 (NLT)

Give whatever you've got —even if you don't think it's much— to the One who transforms the or­dinary...
there’s no telling what He’ll do with it.

Awaiting and Anticipating Together...