Today is Friday, December 2nd, 2011; Karen's Korner #2205

As the head of our church's mission committee, last weekend I started making out Christmas cards for the missionaries which we support for people in our congregation to sign the cards. Signers made some single sentence encouraging comments as they wrote.
 
The cards I chose were two different styles; two different sizes. As I chose this card and that card, I made the mistake of addressing two wrong envelopes for the accompanying cards. Wouldn't you know? The smaller envelopes were addressed for the larger cards. They wouldn't work for the mailing!
 
"Wouldn't be nice if we had an internal clock which would catch us before we made a mistake," I thought. I'd like if 'God would show me what I was going to do wrong, before I did it!'
 
But that isn't how it is done.....
 
God has always used imperfect people. Some with limited abilities; others who have made poor choices - to carry out His Plans.
 
The past few weeks of our church's Bible Study series has looked at some of those characters (taken from our summary):. 

 

"While Moses (had a speech problem), Solomon (didn't always live an exemplar life), and Rahab (known as a prostitute)might not sound like obvious heroes of faith, they are! Rahab became a part of the community of faith by faith. She married Salmon who became the father of Boaz (husband of Ruth). She was the great, great grandmother of King David and in the direct line of Messiah Jesus! She and Ruth (not the right lineage) are both examples of Gentile women of faith. Rahab is listed among the heroes of faith in Hebrews."

 

God's plan has always been to use 'normal people, doing normal things'. He is looking for people who live by faith and are looking to Him for His leading. He wants them to believe and obey.

 

If we could do things as 'perfectly' as we'd like, how could anyone else relate?

 

We can relate to all of these people of the past; people around us today!

 

Imperfect? Flawed? Limited ability?

 

Jump right in!! God can use all of us! Flaws, warts, and all!!!

 
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