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Elementary-school art teachers teach their students how to make "happy mistakes." If a student makes a mark or cuts something that can't be undone, the teacher helps them incorporate that mistake into their project. Perhaps that unsightly pencil line can become another tree branch. Maybe that zig-zag cut on the edge of the paper could be repeated to become a fancy border for the artwork. Like the elementary art teacher, the potter makes his marred pot into a "happy mistake" -- instead of throwing out the clay, he reassesses its potential and reforms it into a new shape. God does the same thing with us: He constantly reassesses our potential and recasts our lives. Look at it, perhaps, as a series of happy mistakes that God helps us work into the artwork of our lives.
