The Rejected

Here's another cute (and biblical) prayer, given to me by Lillian Betts, one of the faculty at St. Vitus Catholic School.  I call it "The Rejected."

God, grant me the Serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the Courage to change the one I can, and the Wisdom to know it's me!

The next time you feel like God can't use you, remember...

• Noah was a drunk
• Abraham and Sarah were too old
• Isaac was a daydreamer
• Jacob was a liar
• Leah was ugly
• Joseph was abused
• Moses had a stuttering problem (and was a murderer)
• Gideon was afraid
• Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
• Rahab was a prostitute
• Jeremiah was too young
• David had an affair and was also a murderer
• Elijah was suicidal
• Isaiah preached naked
• Jonah ran away from God
• Naomi was a widow
• Job went bankrupt
• John the Baptist ate bugs
• Martha worried about everyting
• Zaccheus was too small
• Peter, James and John fell asleep while in the garden
• Peter betrayed Christ
• The twelve apostles ran away when Jesus was arrested
• Paul was too religious
• Timothy was too young and had an ulcer...AND
• Lazarus was dead!