There is hope for the broken vessels. God promises and tells his people throughout His word that His broken vessels are important to Him:
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AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM
Just as it hurts me sometimes to see ‘Little Buddy’ crying because I have to take something from him, losing Veronica caused God great pain.
Sifted Like Wheat: The Trying of Our Faith
I meditated on what it meant to be sifted like wheat. Come to find out that that phrase is a metaphor meaning to shake someone apart.
Faith In God Always Outperforms Man’s Wisdom
In man’s ultimate knowledge and wisdom I was being foolish and weak. But God saw faith, and faith in God always trumps man’s belief that he knows better than God and his belief in his own strength.