Cracked Pots

3 posted on September 3, 2008
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Sometimes I forget how really unimportant I really am.

Don’t take that the wrong way. I know we’re all created in the image of God and have the destiny for greatness within us. But in the grand scheme of this life I live on the planet I was born onto I am so tremendously under-qualified for what I’ve been called to do.

“We carry this precious Message around in the unadorned clay pots of our ordinary lives. That’s to prevent anyone from confusing God’s incomparable power with us.” (2 Corinthians 4:7)

I don’t know about you but from time to time I need to read that verse and be reminded that my simplicity and brokenness is a showcase for God’s beauty. As a matter of fact, my ordinariness was one of my best selling points on my job application when God hired me.

On my very best day I’m nothing more than a cracked clay pot holding and dispensing the most precious gift in the universe. So don’t get confused if you see me say or do something great – that’s just a little more of God’s awesomeness shining through the cracks of this broken pot He chooses to use.

Any other cracked pots out there?

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    1 jonathan said:

    cracked, chipped, stained, and covered in super glue…

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    2 jason said:

    just plain ol’ pot you’d find at the bottom of a bargain bin at a flea market that God reached down and grabbed.

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    3 natalie said:

    Amen brother Brad! Amen!

    Just the other day I was saying “my life sucks, but you know what, I serve a big God and He’s awesome and good and has it all figured out, so I’m cool with that”

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    4 Mud Puppy said:

    I’m blogging again. Please adjust your life accordingly! :)

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    5 Rachel said:

    Yup! Definitely one over here. I love what you said about God’s awesomeness shinning through the cracks in our pots. So true. Love it!



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    6 Cherith said:

    You know what is funny.. I was just thinking about a sermon when I was in high school that had to do about being the clay pot. Its a great reminder that God will keep trying with us until we are exactly the way he wants us to be! How encouraging….

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    7 Jon Lloyd said:

    I’m more than cracked. Great thoughts bro! I may have to steal those thoughts sometime.

    Jon Lloyds last blog post..7 Qualities I Believe a Leader Must Have = Pt. 2



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    8 Juli Jarvis said:

    Cracked and broken, but carrying a torch inside like Gideon’s men. When I’m broken, sometimes the light of Christ shines through more clearly. [Judges 7:16-18]



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    9 tam said:

    psh. yah! i am all cracked up! and all HIS goodness and “know betters” fill in the holes! He is SO good!

    tams last blog post..so an american guy walks into a french bar…



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