Alfarero

Last Sunday at Nueva Vida, our band sang “Alfarero” (“Potter”) by Nancy Ramirez. Below are the lyrics:

Un día orando, le dije a mi Señor, Tú el alfarero y yo el barro soy, Moldea mi vida a Tu parecer, Haz como Tú quieras, hazme un nuevo ser. Me dijo no me gustas, te voy a quebrantar, Y en un vaso nuevo te voy a transformar, Pero en le proceso, te voy a hacer llorar, Porque por el fuego te voy a hacer pasar. Querio una sonrisa, cuando todo va mal, Quiero una alabanza en lugar de tu quejar, Quiero tu confianza en la tempestad Y quiero que aprendas, también a perdonar.

In case you don’t speak Spanish, here is a translation of the song:

One day while praying I said to my Lord, “You are the Potter, and I am the clay. Mold my life according to Your will. Do want you want, make me a new being.” He told me, “You won’t like it. I’m going to break you and transform you into a new vessel. But in the process, I’ll make you cry because I’ll make you pass through the fire. I want a smile when everything goes wrong, I want you to praise [Me] instead of to complain. I want you to trust [Me] in the storm and I want you to understand, also to forgive.”

The truth of the matter is that being transformed by the Lord is not a pleasant experience, but one that stretches and breaks us. But it is a good process that leads to us becoming more like Jesus!

 ¹ Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. ² And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. (Romans 12:1-2)