BROKEN VESSEL

BROKEN VESSEL

Lying in my bed,

I ponder on what God has said.

He says He can use me,

but I've been so abused,

torn and confused.

How can He use someone like me?

But as I recall, after reading my Lord's words,

He uses the weak to shame the strong.

So no matter the hurtful words

that have been flung my way,

I must remember that they come from the enemy.

And despite my broken vessel

God has used me in a way

I could never imagine or dream.

Because I have been assured

that I am the apple of His eye,

He whispers to me in the dead of the darkest night,

and He tells me exactly what to write.

And somehow these simple words

that I form in my damaged heart,

these thoughts 

that come from the deepest part of me,

God takes my weakness

and spreads it throughout the world

to give strength to those

I have never met

or don't even know.

God loves all of us,

despite everything we've done

and uses us for good

The only thing He asks us to do,

such a simple thing,

is to open our hearts

and become a part of Him,

to be mended.

His children.

If Jesus can use

a broken vessel such as I,

then imagine what He can do

with you.

Psalm 73:26 - My body and my heart may grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart and all I need forever.

1 Corinthians 1:27 - But God has chosen what the world calls foolish to shame the wise.  He has chosen what the world calls weak to shame what is strong.