Here I am

O Lord

I wake up some days

and wonder

if there really is much a person like me

with all my wounds and flaws

can do

to be a light in what seems like an ever darkening world

and then I remember

“    Noah was a drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer

    Jacob was a liar, Joseph was abused

    Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid

    Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer

    Rahab was a prostitute, David had an affair and was a murderer

    Elijah was suicidal, Isaiah preached naked

    Jonah ran from God, 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

    AND Lazarus was dead!”*

I suppose that means 

that You

can use

even

me

thank you !

here

I

am

send

me 

(Isaiah 6:8)

*Thanks to whomever first penned this – not me!  Original source unknown