Isaiah 63-64: The Work of His Hand

Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
You come to the help of those who gladly do right,
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.
How then can we be saved?
All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
No one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and made us waste away because of our sins
Yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD;
do not remember our sins forever.
Oh, look upon us, we pray,
for we are all your people. - Is. 64:4-9

Isaiah's words in Chapter 64, could be our prayer today. They are the words of someone who knows the One who is the source is of all goodness. The only source there has ever been. The One who has given his creation everything they need or wanted, including free will. The One who has had to continually intervene on our behalf. The One who has watched his creation muddy themselves and when they are washed clean, go right out and stomp in the dirt once more. It's no wonder God turns his back on his creation now and then.  And yet, he is our Father.  We are the clay, He is the Potter.