She Had a Plan for Everything — But God Wasn't Finished with Her Yet - Still the Maker
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Wren Alcott has built her life the way she builds her glass — with precision, intention, and very little room for surprise. Her career is thriving. Her faith is practiced. And everything is exactly where she put it.
Then a once-in-a-lifetime artist residency offer arrives from Seattle, and Owen Daley walks into the building next door.
Set in the historic Gaffer District of Corning, New York — in the shadow of the world-renowned Corning Museum of Glass — Still the Maker is the story of a woman who has quietly arranged her life around a God she loves but has never quite let lead. When an impossible choice forces her to examine everything she has built and everything she has quietly longed for, Wren begins to learn the difference between a plan she made and a life being shaped by wiser hands.
A slow-burn Christian romance full of warmth, genuine faith, and the grace that finds us when we finally stop trying to run everything ourselves.
Isaiah 64 reminds us that we are the clay and He is the potter — and that the most beautiful things are made by a hand that knows exactly what it's doing.
🎵 The original song featured at the end of this story, Still the Maker, was written and produced by SimplyGraceAudio.
🎙️ All stories on SimplyGraceAudio are original works featuring high-quality AI narration, written and produced for women who love clean, faith-based fiction with heart. New releases every week. Subscribe so you never miss one.
Chapters
00:02 — Chapter One: The Temperature of Control
11:35 — Chapter Two: What You Find When You Open the Wall
23:26 — Chapter Three: The Letter from Seattle
35:02 — Chapter Four: The Chemung at Dusk
49:03 — Chapter Five: The Potter's Wheel
1:02:26 — Chapter Six: Fracture
1:14:55 — Chapter Seven: What He Carries
1:27:45 — Chapter Eight: Still the Maker
1:40:16 — Original Song - Still the Maker
1:44:50 — Closing & Thank You
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She Had a Plan for Everything — But God Wasn't Finished with Her Yet - Still the Maker
Simply Grace Audio
1,089 views
Wren Alcott has built her life the way she builds her glass — with precision, intention, and very little room for surprise. Her career is thriving. Her faith is practiced. And everything is exactly where she put it.
Then a once-in-a-lifetime artist residency offer arrives from Seattle, and Owen Daley walks into the building next door.
Set in the historic Gaffer District of Corning, New York — in the shadow of the world-renowned Corning Museum of Glass — Still the Maker is the story of a woman who has quietly arranged her life around a God she loves but has never quite let lead. When an impossible choice forces her to examine everything she has built and everything she has quietly longed for, Wren begins to learn the difference between a plan she made and a life being shaped by wiser hands.
A slow-burn Christian romance full of warmth, genuine faith, and the grace that finds us when we finally stop trying to run everything ourselves.
Isaiah 64 reminds us that we are the clay and He is the potter — and that the most beautiful things are made by a hand that knows exactly what it's doing.
🎵 The original song featured at the end of this story, Still the Maker, was written and produced by SimplyGraceAudio.
🎙️ All stories on SimplyGraceAudio are original works featuring high-quality AI narration, written and produced for women who love clean, faith-based fiction with heart. New releases every week. Subscribe so you never miss one.
Chapters
00:02 — Chapter One: The Temperature of Control
11:35 — Chapter Two: What You Find When You Open the Wall
23:26 — Chapter Three: The Letter from Seattle
35:02 — Chapter Four: The Chemung at Dusk
49:03 — Chapter Five: The Potter's Wheel
1:02:26 — Chapter Six: Fracture
1:14:55 — Chapter Seven: What He Carries
1:27:45 — Chapter Eight: Still the Maker
1:40:16 — Original Song - Still the Maker
1:44:50 — Closing & Thank You
I built my life like something I could hold
Every piece in order, every corner known
I thought I knew the shape that I was meant to be
A careful plan, a steady hand — I left no room for chance
But the fire found me where I thought I was safe
And everything I'd carried started giving way
You are still the Maker
I am still the clay
These hands that keep on reaching
Were made to let You shape
Through every fire, every fracture
Every plan that fell away
You are still the Maker
And I am still the clay
I thought that holding on was just another name for faith
But faith is something softer — it's surrender, it's release
There's a wheel I keep on climbing off before You're ever done
I'm learning how to stay there, learning how to trust the One
But the fire still finds me wherever I am
And everything I'm carrying keeps slipping from my hands
You are still the Maker
I am still the clay
These hands that keep on reaching
Were made to let You shape
Through every fire, every fracture
Every plan that fell away
You are still the Maker
And I am still the clay
I don't know the shape You're making
I can't see what I'll become
But the potter knows His vessel
And I am not afraid to come undone
You're not finished
You're not finished
You are not finished with me yet
You are still the Maker
I am still the clay
These hands that keep on reaching
Were made to let You shape
Through every fire, every fracture
Every plan that fell away
You are still the Maker
Still the Maker
And I am still the clay
Still the Maker
Still the clay
Still becoming
In Your hands