NO EXCUSES

[mle]

The next time you feel like God can't use you, just remember

NOAH was a drunk...
ABRAHAM was too old...
ISSAC 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 SAMARATIAN WOMAN was divorced....more than once!
ZACCHEUS was too small...
PAUL was too religious...
TIMOTHY had and ulcer...AND
LAZARUS WAS DEAD!!!

Now no more excuses.
God's waiting to use your full potential.
Besides, you are not the message, you are just the messenger.

 

[urbanfaerie]

oh how cool, i didnt know all this stuff. thank u for posting, i sooo needed to read this today.

 

[sparrow]

That's really encouraging. Thanks for sharing.

 

[CHATTINCHIC1]

Thanks for posting that...it's very encouraging like "sparrow" said...^

 

[Moros]

Not to be a party pooper, but could anyone here post scripture that explains this list?

I enjoy learning. I know about Noah, but Isiah preaching naked?

Help me out here.

 

[mesue]

Not to be a party pooper, but could anyone here post scripture that explains this list?

I enjoy learning. I know about Noah, but Isiah preaching naked?

Help me out here.

would't that make a good Bible study?

 

[Lizquests]

I liked that a lot! Especially the part of "you are not the message, you are the messenger." Great post!

 

[Lizquests]

That would make a good Bible Study. Go through a concordance to help in finding some of those answers. I looked up a couple so I could see.

1. For Noah, Gen 9:21 - When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.

2. For Leah, Gen 29:17 - Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was lovely in form and beautiful.

 

[mle]

ABRAHAM was too old...

Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

 

[wolflady]

I know that. My friends send me on email. That's very interesting cool.

Christy

 

[mle]

Isaac was a daydreamer

I think this is fitting but perhaps someone else can come up with a better one.

Genesis 24:63
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.