TO BE USED OF GOD

By Betty Jo Mings

I thought I had lots of good reasons

Why I just could not possibly be

Selected for use in God's service.

I was sure God would never choose me!

I pondered my faults and my failures,

And knew I could not measure up

To all God's great saints with their talents---

Not me, with my frail, meager cup.

But God showed me how He has chosen

The ones who are weak in our eyes,

And those who are broken and shattered

To share God's great love with the wise.

For Moses had trouble with speaking,

And David had blood on his hands.

And Paul persecuted the Christians,

While Jonah refused God's commands.

It seems all great saints had their problems

Before God chose them as His own;

And yet when they yielded for service,

God's power in their lives was made known.

There's no one who's fit for God's service,

If on his own power he'd rely.

But when one is filled with God's Spirit,

His talents and strengths multiply.

So I offered the Lord my small talent,

While I prayed for His power from above.

And He graciously used this poor sinner

To send forth His message of love.

Betty Jo Mings

I am a Christian Grandmother (married over fifty years)

and I live in Garden Grove, California. I have had

many poems and articles published in books,

magazines, newspapers and periodicals.

I have a Website that features my  poems and articles.

I greatly appreciate visits and comments in my Guestbook.

A book of my poems titled "Poems For The Common Man"

will soon be available in Bookstores and on Amazon.com