{"id":17823,"date":"2025-11-01T06:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=17823"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:53:09","slug":"lyndas-journal-of-blessings_day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/lyndas-journal-of-blessings_day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynda&#8217;s Journal of Blessings &#8211; #718 = Nov.  1  &#8211;  I am Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Lynda&#8217;s Journal of Blessings<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"font-inherit\" style=\"text-align: center;\">by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Post\u00a0 # 718 &#8211; I am Clay<\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov.\u00a0 1<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">Sunday, October 30, 2025. ,,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, I begin a\u00a0 21-day challenge.<\/p>\n<p>I will share 3 blessings each day, as they touch my heart and enrich my life.<\/p>\n<p>My \u00a03 Blessings for this day:<\/p>\n<h4>Blessing 1: Our Hands Remember.<\/h4>\n<h4>I am clay in the potter&#8217;s hands.<\/h4>\n<p>I am blessed to know God has a relationship with us, just as a potter has with the clay that is being formed into a work of art. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.+2%3A7&amp;version=NIV\">Gen. <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.+2%3A7&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.+2%3A7&amp;version=NIV\">:7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After I suddenly lost my sight\u00a0 in October 2007, I began working with CLAY again.\u00a0 For the next 8 years, I healed as I worked with the clay in my own hands.\u00a0 I was surprised to learn that after many years of not working with clay, my hands remembered\u00a0 how to do it again.\u00a0 The clay was teaching me how to adjust to sight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had an experience where making art helped you to heal?<\/p>\n<h4>***<\/h4>\n<h4>Blessing 2:\u00a0 You Are With Me<\/h4>\n<p>I am blessed today because you are my friend here on my blog.\u00a0 I am thankful for your interest in my articles and I appreciate your visit.\u00a0 Come often, and share your thoughts with me.\u00a0 I am enriched by your thoughts and support.\u00a0 Writing is another\u00a0 blessing that I celebrate today.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Blessing 3: Music in My Heart<\/h3>\n<p>I am blessed by beautiful music.\u00a0 Today, I asked Alexa to play &#8220;Classic Piano Music.&#8221;\u00a0 I heard music that filled my heart with peace and joy.\u00a0 I asked Alexa &#8220;What is this music?&#8221;\u00a0 The response: &#8220;Amour, by\u00a0 Jean Michel Blais.&#8221; This music touched\u00a0 my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy it with me . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EG6k58DLNMw&amp;list=RDEG6k58DLNMw&amp;start_radio=1\">Listen Here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for visiting with me today.<\/p>\n<p>I love to hear from you, so please leave a comment of encouragement or reflection.<\/p>\n<p>_<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-inherit\"><em>Lynda\u2019s Journal of Blessings<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"font-inherit\">by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-inherit\">November\u00a0 1 &#8211; 21, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"font-inherit\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3><strong>Final Word:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">We are the clay in God\u2019s hands, and at times the clay shifts and changes and must be reformed, and adjusted, to become the finished piece of pottery that God has planned for us to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a.cms.omniupdate.com\/11\/?skin=oucampus&amp;account=obu&amp;site=www&amp;action=de&amp;path=\/stories\/blog\/2020\/04\/reflections-on-psalm-46-there-is-a-river.pcf\">\u00a9<\/a>Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2025.<\/p>\n<h3>More About\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Lynda+McKinney+Lambert&amp;i=audible&amp;ref=adbl_pdp_slider_author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lynda<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynda&#8217;s Journal of Blessings by Lynda McKinney Lambert Post\u00a0 # 718 &#8211; I am Clay Nov.\u00a0 1 Sunday, October 30, 2025. ,,\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Today, I begin a\u00a0 21-day challenge. 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