Great Potter, Shape Our Human Lives

Genesis 2:7, Isaiah 64:8, Jeremiah 18:4, Romans 9:21

Text: John A. Dalles
Tune: FOREST GREEN
Meter: CMD

Great Potter, shape our human lives—
As You shape vale and hill,
And by Your skill and grace revise
Our hearts to do Your will.
Take all of our impurity,
And temper us with care—
Till strong and useful we may be
Your blessedness to bear!

Once we were undefined and vague,
Until by grace, refined.
Now every trace of common clay,
Unto You we resign.
We bear the image and the mold
Of all Your love contains
Your gospel message to enfold,
Your wonders to proclaim.

With life abundant fill us full
As gladly we convey
Your living water pure and cool
To thirsty ones this day.
O fill us with all righteousness
With all things good and fair,
So others, by our acts, are blessed
And sense Your boundless care.

When we are crushed by bleak distress
May we return to You,
And even in our brokenness
Find You will make us new.
Great Potter hold our human lives
Formed to Your high design,
So we may do all You devise
This day and for all time!



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