When I was in Florida in March, I dropped my faithful companion (the little Kodak camera), shattering the entire lens.  Saddened and a little discouraged, I had been kind of "incomplete" without it.  My daughter, who has a major in photography, reminded me that I could possibly use it for "macro shots" (really up-close).  When I shared that with someone, they commented,  "That's great! It may be broken, but it's not useless." 

    That hit me right between the eyes!  JUST LIKE ME!  I may have been broken, but in God's hands I am not useless.  For a period of time in my life, I kept using the excuse that I was "unworthy" to be used by God.  He kept reminding me that He had called me to serve Him with the gifts He had given me.  But Satan tried to convince me that God could not use me...."Afterall," he'd whisper, "you've made such a mess of your life. . . no one wants to hear about Jesus from you".  Satan is a liar.  No life is so broken, so sinful, that it is useless to its Creator.  Jesus commanded us to "preach and teach and baptize" in His name.  He is perfect.  He alone is worthy.  When surrendered to Him, any broken life can be, and will be, used to win the lost.

    So I keep the little camera as a constant reminder that my life is surrendered into His hands.  I've taken almost 300 shots with my little "broken, but not useless" camera.   Although the lens is incapable of capturing the "big picture", it does capture the tiniest detail.  It sees what most overlook.  My Father sees every tiny detail.  He sees the part of me that most would overlook.  And He sees the beauty and mystery only He can understand.  I've taken some very "interesting" and abstract shots, as well as some very amazing ones.  Here are a few of the "pretty" ones.  

With A Song In My Heart For Him ~ Debbie