In case you ever feel as if God can't use you...
 

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!

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Re: In case you ever feel as if God can't use you.
 

Cool, except the first one. Noah had one recorded instance of getting drunk and that was after God used him....

As Bro Tenny put it, he was drunk off the fruit of his own success

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Leah was ugly?? Says who?

Re: In case you ever feel as if God can't use you.
 

One of my sons was feeling like he couldn't please God because he struggled with some temptations. We discussed some of the biblical "failures". :) God certainly can and does use imperfect people!

Re: In case you ever feel as if God can't use you.
 

I think the scripture says Leah was "tender eyed" or something like that. which interpreted means cross eyed, I've heard. not sure of the exact scripture or interpretation. but I know I've heard something similar before.

Re: In case you ever feel as if God can't use you.
 

"Tender-eyed", yes. The implication was that her eyes were not particularly attractive or not a strong point of her looks. But that doesn't mean she was ugly. But as we know, one can get the bible to say anything one wants, if one wants badly enough!

And I just noticed something else....Samson was a "womanizer??" Where does that come from? He had an unfortunate situation that involved a woman, but here he was called a "womanizer"? That's quite a stretch. And it's mentioned that he had long hair as a detriment?? Huh?? That was where his strength came from (which evidently is why I'm so strong!:lol). And who says Timothy was "too young"?? This list is losing credibility by the minute. Zacchaeus was "too small"? Has anyone ever seriously doubted God would use them because they were short? And Prax has already mentioned the "Noah-drunkard" thing.

But oh well, the point is, God can use anyone, which I certainly agree with!! :)

Re: In case you ever feel as if God can't use you.
 

It is amazing that a guy climbing a tree to see over a crowd of people has relegated him to being "small". Granted, in those days small was probably being under 4'11.

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Don't shoot the messenger, just passing along an email ;) Although some are stretches, I did think that the overall message was a good one.

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ANYONE???? :blink

Re: In case you ever feel as if God can't use you.
 

Yes Timotheus, there may even be hope for you and me.

The late Bishop Fulton J. Sheen once said, "The good Lord got into Jerusalem on an ass and He got into television on me."

"When we pray to be used of God, God answers prayer and we may end up feeling used." Lee Stoneking