![]() Paul writes that we belong to God and we are to glorify Him with our care and use of our body. And that mandate extends to our personal life as well. When God’s mandates go unfulfilled on earth, God’s glory is diminished. Though mankind was given the mandate to “have dominion over” (that is, to care for) all of creation, we have not done a good job. Such images are in stark contrast to the pristine beauty and glory of Eden as presented in Genesis. Fish become entangled in discarded fishing nets and lines, with bellies full of plastic debris they have swallowed. Many countries’ coastlines are littered with plastic and debris, and there is an “island” of plastic more than the twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean where currents have accumulated the debris. Marine litter is a huge ecological problem. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue it have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” He wants to deepen our faith, to develop within us the quality of perseverance, and to make us watertight containers of His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithful, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). Our heavenly Father wants to use the events we encounter each day as tools with which to shape and sculpt us into the image of Christ. Romans 8:28 says, “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” And the next verse specifies His purpose: “to be conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29). God permitted this trial in Jonathan’s life as a tool in the skillful hands of the Master Potter to mature, develop, and conform him into the image of Christ. We knew God had a plan, apparently cancer was part of it! 1 Therefore I had absolute confidence that this suffering would be for Jonathan’s good and God’s glory. ![]() Although we had been caught by surprise, I knew God had known about it since before Jonathan was born…. I was able to praise God for His divine purpose for Jonathan’s life, which apparently included cancer. Jeremiah lamented that Israel, “once worth their weight in gold,” had reduced themselves to mere “pots of clay” (Lamentations 4:2, NIV). Will you now turn me to dust again?” (Job 10:8-9, NIV) Isaiah rebuked Israel for thinking that she, the clay, knew more than God, the Potter (Isaiah 29:16 45:9). Will you now turn and destroy me? Remember that you molded me like clay. ![]() ![]() In the midst of his suffering, Job reminded God, “Your hands shaped me and made me. This gives us a biblical basis for thinking of the events and influences of our lives as His hands and fingers, shaping us like a potter shaping clay. The apostle Paul says God wants to form us into “a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work” (2 Timothy 2:21). It also recognizes God’s authority to shape us inwardly, to spiritually fashion us into a vessel fit for His use, molded as an image of our Lord Jesus Christ. Send us feedback about these examples.To say that we are clay in the hands of the Potter acknowledges God’s handiwork as the Master Potter, or Creator, of our physical body. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'sensual.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 July 2023 See More 2023 As the album title may have pointed to, the track is a sensual Afrobeats cut with bachata undertones that accompany lyrics about meeting and falling for a beautiful girl at a party. 2023 The essential underwear line’s campaign perfectly reflects the brand’s energy of minimal, modern, and sensual. 2023 Smith’s vision was to transform the West Village duplex with touches that are minimal but warm, streamlined yet sensual. 2023 Sensible and sensual, the zodiac’s luxury-loving Bull reminds us to enjoy earthly pleasures without losing sight of practical needs, like, say, having money to pay November’s rent. 2023 Against this spirit of sensual and sensory richness, experimental pop artist Jerskin Fendrix’s gnawing, atonal score - mirroring Bella’s switching fixations by doggedly stressing one instrument at a time - stands out for its severity. 2023 The feeling is militantly decadent and aggressively sensual, but the word that claws to the top of the pile is obsessive: a relentless, exacting pursuit of opulence. 2023 Sandalwood can ground a fragrance into something elegant, sensual and way more wearable. Recent Examples on the Web This fragrance is truly so sensual and and yummy, the perfect gender neutral smell.
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