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1,356 | Dawn Stephens on Serving, Pouring Out, and Staying Fruitful Dawn Stephens is a self-proclaimed Fruit Pot! Like the main character in her award-winning picture book The Little Pot, Dawn is a vessel created by the Potter. As she allows her Creator to produce the fruit of the Spirit through her, Dawn loves helping others discover how they too can be “fruit pots” growing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Like Little Pot, Dawn’s journey to discovering her true identity and purpose took time. She sought fulfillment as an educator, wife, mother, fundraising director, sales manager, business owner, and school principal. It was only when she learned to focus on what God could grow through her—not just what she held—that her true purpose became clear. Her beloved series of books reflects this spiritual growth: The Little Pot teaches that being filled and emptied is part of God’s plan to make us fruitful. The Tea Pot show…