When life seems FUTILE, remember you are FERTILE

God, grant me the Serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the Courage to change the one I can, and the Wisdom to know it's me.

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

Noah was a drunk.

Abraham was too old.

Isaac was a daydreamer.

Jacob was a liar.

Leah was ugly.

Moses had a stuttering problem plus he was a murderer.

Gideon was cowardly.

Samson was a HE-man with a distinct SHE-weakness.

Rahab was a prostitute.

Samuel was a little kid.

Jeremiah was a complaining prophet.

David at one time was an adulterous murderer.

Elijah was depressed and suicidal.

Isaiah preached naked.

Jonah ran from God.

Naomi was a widow.

Job went bankrupt.

Amos was an illiterate.

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.

Lydia was a busy business lady.

Paul was a Jewish religious bigot.

Timothy had an ulcer...AND

LAZARUS WAS DEAD

No more excuses now. God can use you to your full potential.

The World's Better Place

The world's a better place because Michelangelo did not say,

"I don't do ceilings."

Sistine Chapel ceiling

The world's a better place because Martin Luther did not say'

"I don't do doors."

Martin Luther nails his theses to the church door.

The world's a better place because John Wesley didn't say,

"I don't do preaching in fields."

The world's a better place because Moses didn't say,

"I don't do Pharaohs or mass migrations."

The world's a better place because Rahab didn't say

"I don't do enemy spies."

The world's a better place because Ruth didn't say,

"I don't do mothers-in-law."

The world's a better place because Samuel didn't say,

"I don't do mornings."

The world's a better place because David didn't say,

"I don't do giants."

The world's a better place because Peter didn't say,

"I don't do Gentiles."

The world's a better place because John didn't say,

"I don't do deserts."

The world's a better place because Mary didn't say,

"I don't do virgin births."

The world's a better place because Paul didn't say,

"I don't do correspondence."

The world's a better place because Mary Magdalene didn't say,

"I don't do feet."

The world exists today as a better place because Noah obeyed

God instead of letting common sense and personal convenience

prompt him into saying, "I don't do arks and animals."

And there is salvation available for this world today  because Jesus didn't say,

"I don't do crosses."

And the world will be a better place only if you and I don't say, "

I don't do..."