I’m not suggesting that you might be
a hoarder, but do you keep holding on to a few little items for reasons others
just don’t seem to understand? I am always
cleaning out and donating but I do have a few such little keepers. One is in my
kitchen. It is a little insignificant
looking funnel. Now I think the reason I
can’t part with it is this: It just has
such character! Plus, it has become a
needed reminder of a spiritual lesson.
Let me give a brief description of my precious little funnel. At one time its shape was round; ‘not so sure
that is exactly accurate now. It has
been dropped, banged and even smashed in the closure of over-crowded drawers,
requiring crude and failed attempts at reshaping to its original design – to
the point of having cracked edges. Now that’s
besides being crammed in tightly packed boxes for numerous moves. It’s age?
I couldn’t begin to guess – simply decades! It has lost its luster due to age, exposure
to minerals in various water supplies and extreme temperatures, Poor thing!
I’m
the only person who uses my little funnel and at the risk of sounding really
corny, I’m the only one who loves my little funnel. If I could get $100.00 for it in a garage
sale I would not part with it. I’m just
too sentimental about it. But, as stated before, it is also a reminder
of an important principal; therefore I sometimes use it as an illustration
visual when teaching. It has spoken to
me many times, or should I say that Holy Spirit has stressed some things? Mainly, we are to simply make ourselves
available as instruments (utensils). The
worth for others is in what God can deliver through
us, not us. It isn’t the shape, the
outward luster, young age that makes us valuable. It doesn’t even depend on whether we have or
haven’t been spared injury or abuse. He
can fix us. He can use us. And believe it or not - He is quite
sentimental about us and would not part with us. He too tends to be attached that way!
