{"id":13024,"date":"2025-02-10T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/?p=13024"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:26:02","slug":"feet-of-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/feet-of-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"Feet of Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feet-of-Clay.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13025\" src=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feet-of-Clay.jpg\" alt=\"Feet of Clay--two clay feet\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feet-of-Clay.jpg 450w, https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feet-of-Clay-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feet-of-Clay-405x270.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>How often do we admire people and think they can do no wrong? Yet, we eventually learn they have feet of clay.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Feet of clay means a failure or weakness.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have faults. Our heroes have faults. No matter how hard we try to be perfect, everyone falls short of perfection.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>This idiom originated in the Bible.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Daniel 2 tells the story of King Nebuchadnezzar and a dream he could not understand. God revealed the dream and its meaning to Daniel, one of the king\u2019s captives. In the dream, a statue had:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>A head of gold<\/li>\n<li>A body of silver, bronze, and iron<\/li>\n<li>Feet of iron and clay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A large rock hit the feet, and the statue crumbled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Daniel told the king his dream meant the Babylonian kingdom would fall. However, God\u2019s kingdom would last forever.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Because we have feet of clay, we find hope only in our Creator.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If we rely on ourselves, we <a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/fall-flat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fall flat<\/a>. However, God\u2019s strength and guidance enable us to <a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/stand-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stand firm<\/a>. Like Daniel, may we faithfully follow the one and only true God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cPraise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power\u00a0are his\u201d (Daniel 2:20 NIV).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks to Meghan Bowker, editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmustore.com\/missions-mosaic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Missions Mosaic<\/em><\/a> magazine, for the idea. Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@mattseymour?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Seymour<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/white-feet-statue-rSKjPA41H2Q?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsplash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you have an expression you want explained or a thought about this one? 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