When You Feel Like God Can't Use You...

This is an article on Shavings, a blog of a pastor by the name of Shawn Thornton. I came across this through a mass-send email, and perhaps it may benefit others more than it does for me.

When You Feel Like God Can’t Use You…
by SHAWN THORNTON on JULY 18, 2010
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The next time you feel like GOD can’t use you,
just remember…

Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer…
AND
Lazarus was dead!

What do you have that’s worse than that?
So no more excuses!

There are those times when we feel vulnerable, useless and inferior. I remember those times. But God still has a plan for each and every one of us, no matter how lousy we are.

matthew.
Amazing grace.