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    I Am Clay: A Personal Journey with God, the Potter
    I Am Clay: A Personal Journey with God, the Potter
    I Am Clay: A Personal Journey with God, the Potter
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    I Am Clay: A Personal Journey with God, the Potter

    By Teresa Cartwright Baldwin

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    When I was a little girl, no one told me about God. No one told me that God loved me. No one told me anything of the Lord, faith or belief. Looking back now I realize how much I wish they had.


    This is my story, the story of my personal journey with God. I came to a point in my life that I just could not go on with things the way they were. Perhaps you have wanted to know God more closely. I hope that in some small way, a poem, story, thought or prayer of mine blesses you. I pray that some part of my journey ministers to your soul.

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    Release dateOct 3, 2005
    ISBN9781420876857
    I Am Clay: A Personal Journey with God, the Potter
    Author

    Teresa Cartwright Baldwin

    I am a South Dakota girl who lives in Georgia. My first book, I Am Clay was published in 2005. Life is speeding by so fast! I am now 76 and it is time to publish again. I have loved to write all my life. For years I didn’t tell family or friends I wrote poems, because I didn’t want to take credit for something that I hadn’t thought up! But as my faith in God grew, I knew these poems had to be whispers from Him. I believe it is my duty to share them with you. Poems written throughout my life. I invite you to join me on this journey. Take this book day by day or just read as you will. I pray that it will touch your heart in a meaningful way and perhaps minister to your soul.

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      I Am Clay - Teresa Cartwright Baldwin

      From My Heart

      When I was a little girl, no one told me about God. No one told me that God loved me. No one told me anything of the Lord, faith or belief. Looking back now I realize how much I wish they had. I wish someone would have told me of God’s constant presence in our lives.

      This is my story, the story of my personal journey with God. It is a journey I began without really knowing I was on a journey. I merely came to a point in my life that I just could not go on with things the way they were. I only knew I couldn’t continue on my own. My faith journey began with yearnings, emptiness and desire. I was unsure of how to find God in a personal way so I simply stepped out in faith to learn how to have a personal relationship with God. God has been faithful to me. He has spoken to me in so many ways. Perhaps you have wanted to know God more closely. Perhaps you have wondered how to know God personally. I am offering this book to you in hopes that perhaps some word may speak to your heart. I hope that in some small way, some part of my journey ministers to your soul. I pray that a poem, story, thought or prayer of mine blesses you.

      Well, come along, I will share whispers, and the wonders of God with you!

      May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

      The Beginning of the Journey

      The year I turned fifty was a miserable time. I was spending three hours a day driving in traffic, I was working in a job I hated and my health was suffering.

      Something had to change. I knew that I was living the only life I had been given, but I was not doing what I yearned to do. So, when the stress became almost too much to bear, I quit my job and found another job closer to home. I accepted a ten-month position with the school system, at half the salary, but it would give me summers off. It would slow my life down.

      I started making a mental list of things I had always wanted to do but had never done. Someday I thought, but realized that now was someday. So I embarked on one of my lifelong dreams. I became a potter. I really began to feel myself getting ‘centered’ as I learned to throw pottery on the wheel, forming simple functional vessels with my hands. I felt that perhaps God had intended for me to be a potter. God spoke to my heart as I sat at the wheel, lost in my work. I found peace and tranquility at the wheel. As I centered the clay, I felt as if I was centering myself as well, finding a place of peace in my soul.

      About that same time, my grandfather came to live with us. My grandmother had passed away and Daddy Syd had been living alone. He was deaf and had been living in lonely silence. His solitary existence tugged at my heart so we invited him to come live with us. Daddy Syd was such a blessing to me. He was so funny and had such a positive outlook on life even though he had been deaf since the age of five. He was cantankerous at times, but all in all he gave me unconditional love, and he called me Doll. I loved it when he called me Doll. His eyes would light up when he saw me. Oh, what a gift he was to my soul. We had three years together before he died. I will always be grateful for that time.

      But something was still missing from my life. Even though I had my husband, children, grandchildren, and grandfather, I felt there had to be more to life. I still felt empty inside. I decided to turn to God, and so began my search for a personal relationship with my Lord and Savior. I had no idea of the journey I was embarking upon or of the blessings that were in store for me!

      I began getting up early each morning to spend time with God. I made a deal with Him. I prayed, God here I am. I am here to sit with you. I am Yours. Do with me what you will. You lead. I will follow. I took time to sit with my thoughts, to see if I could find some answers, to find who I really am, just me, Teresa. Who am I really? Who does God intend for me to be? What is God really like? As a result of this simple start, I have learned and grown. My mind and heart have been opened up to age-old truths through Scripture, praying and Christian reading. I have put God first in my life and come to know a personal relationship with Jesus. It has been an incredible adventure, a time of growing, searching, and learning. At times it has been difficult and confusing, but oh so ever rewarding.

      I began to read the Bible regularly and eventually attended a Bible Study. I have learned to pray the thoughts of my heart and soul to God in

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