Sentences with phrase «like lumps of clay»

Those grandchildren needed my attention; I thought of them like lumps of clay, being molded into adults.

Heavenly bodies suddenly seem remarkably like lumps of clay, and the laws of motion and gravitation articulated to make intelligible the motion of matter here on earth are found to apply most suitably to the motion of matter in the heavens.

Neville you are quite right it is a process of growing i do nt believe Jeremy is saying we should sit there like a lump of clay and do nothing.But rather than doing something thinking that that will add to the work of Christ is pointless.We are expected to walk by faith but alot of what is expected from the church or others are dead works and are done because the church expects us to do them.The way around this is to say no just do what the Lord wants you to and please him put him first.That way you are still walking by faith and growing in Christ rather than wasting time just trying to keep something going that needs to die so that Christ can be elevated to the highest position.brentnz

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By the same token, Anderson's much discussed penchant for virtuosic camera maneuvers and creating holistic, heroic movie - movies is perhaps revealed by Inherent Vice to be somewhat less impressive than his intuitive facility with actors — don't forget he molded art from lumps of clay like Mark Wahlberg and Adam Sandler — which suggests that his abiding interest might just be in homo sapiens as well.

The characters each carry their own weight, traumas, and experiences that have shaped and molded them, like the lumps of human clay that we are.

What begins life as a mere lump of clay, the artist molds and carves into artworks that appear like arrays of honeycomb, undulating coral, or dripping stalactites.