Cracked Vessels

What do you with stuff that breaks?  You throw it away because it can't function as well as new or whole items right?  This is something that seems pretty common sense in our culture today.  My plate breaks and I go buy a new one at Target.  However God doesn't work this way.  God uses us inspite of our brokeness or I would say because we are broken.  I think many Christians believe that once we have faith, our life will be a bed of rose.  Unfortunately this is not the case, we all experience the up and downs of life whether we have faith or not.  However when we have faith, we are better able to navigate the challenges of our lives because we know we are not alone and that we have a God who walks with us every step of the way.  Since we gone through these hard times, and have been beaten up by them but not defeated by them.  We become a good resource for other who may be going through the same thing.  God put us in other people's lives to help them see the hope that we have in our own broken lives.  God uses us cracked vessels and pours God's Grace and Love into us and that changes us.  The cracks start to emit light to the world around us, the cracks aren't a sign of our brokeness they are instead an opening to allow the light, love, and hope of God to radiate around us into the world for everyone to see.  Is there somebody in your life today, that needs to see the light of Christ?  Does somebody you know need some hope in the midst of their despair?  If so sit down with them, listen to their story, and then share what God has done in your life, so that the know they are not alone and that there is hope.