Cracked Pots

I was reading a pamphlet from Chapel Library, Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church and began to seriously ponder on how much God has done in and through me.  That He took a broken, worthless pot, such as myself, chose me from the foundation of the world and set His love upon me, gave me entrance into HIS glorious kingdom.  I am not nearly grateful enough.  This came to mind as I pondered looking for a picture on cracked pots:

From eternity past He sought,

A broken and useless pot.

Worthless and deserving judgment;

Christ, from the presence of God, was sent.

Redeemed me from the rubbish bin;

 by the spotless Lamb who bore my sin.

Chose me to be His child;

a living stone His church to build.

As  I was looking for a picture, realized I had one of my own and then decided to see what came up as a Google search and came across this:

Ray Pritchard:  During an interview this week I was asked why so many of the heroes of the Bible had serious flaws. My answer was simple. That’s all God has to work with. All the perfect people are in heaven. The only ones on earth are the folks with serious weaknesses. The talent pool has always been pretty thin when it comes to moral perfection. So God works with sinners because that’s all he has to work with. In heaven we will all be vastly improved–perfected by God’s grace. But until then, he uses some pretty ornery people who fall short in many ways–and he does some amazing things through them.

If God chose only well-rounded people with no character flaws, some of the credit would inevitably go to the people and not to the Lord. By choosing flawed people with a bad past, a shaky present and an uncertain future, God alone gets the glory when they accomplish amazing things by his power.

And best of all, since God delights to use clay pots instead of high-dollar china (2 Corinthians 4:7), there is plenty of hope for you and me. We’re not all we’re cracked up to be, and most of us are cracked in more than one place, which makes us excellent candidates for the grace of God. That’s good news, especially for those clay pots with a few extra cracks.

When the power of God invades your life, there is no place to hide, no place to run, and no desire to do so...only a complete and whole surrender to the one who is, was and ever will be Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End.

May the peace of Christ find you, fill you and cause you to bring glory and honor to HIM.