Perfect Candidate

Recently I spoke with a teenage girl named Jessica and heard Jessica's heart ripping life story. Jessica has been abused, molested, raped, abandoned, made fun of, labelled, hurt, and broken.  Unfortunately, Jessica's story is very similar to the stories of many teenage girls in America.  Jessica expressed to me how she wanted to share her story with other girls like her but she didn't know how or if she even could.  I told her that not only could she be used of God to comfort other young girls but that she was a perfect candidate to be used of God. When I read the Bible and I listen to the stories of how God changes people's lives He always seems to use the least likely people to do the most damage to Satan's plan.  He humbles the exalted and exalts the humble.  His glory shines brighter when He uses people that the world has thrown out.  To the world Jessica is just a statistic, another horrible teenage story that will no doubt end badly.  To God Jessica is triumph waiting to happen, an incredible story of grace and mercy.  God's perfect candidate is not the person who has it all together, dresses nicely, and comes from a great family.  God's perfect candidate is the person who has reached their end and is in desperate need of a Savior.  He likes using the messed up and broken because they don't take the credit.  Don't try to dress to impress Him.  Simply be available and open and you are His "Perfect Candidate"