Christmas teacup poem

This lovely teacup image is from The Graphics Fairy -- a fabulous resource!

In 2005 our dear friends sent us a pretty Christmas card with a detachable bookmark.  The bookmark featured a lovely poem I would like to share with you today.  I have tried to find the author but cannot.  Just know it is not original with me, please.  The artwork on the Christmas card was by Sandy Lynam Clough, so it's very possible the poem is her work as well.  Here it is:

The Christmas Teacup

The pretty little 

teacup was once 

just a lump of clay,

until God's loving fingers

gently molded it one day.

Stronger and more

beautiful the teacup

soon became,

as its true purpose

was defined, no

lifeless clay remained.

So, let's sit down

and share a special

cup of Christmas tea,

and thank the Lord

for all He does to

fashion you and me

into the folks He

had in mind long

before our birth ...

the loved ones Jesus

came to save when He 

came here to earth.

I have saved the bookmark all these years.  Now it is time to share the poem with others!