Are You a "cracked pot" or a "crack pot"?

A "crack pot" is typically someone described as being "not all there." A "cracked pot" is something made by the hands of God. The Bible says, "The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the glory of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God," (2 Corinthians 4:4). I was listening to the radio yesterday morning and I heard a woman giving an interview. She said something that sounds awful, but I've heard many others who have similar pasts say the same thing, "I thought the abuse was normal. I didn't know anything else." As sad as that is, it's a very common thought among child abuse victims. This verse says God "has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so that they cannot see the light." You are not aware of the darkness all around you, unless or until you have something to compare it against. Child abuse victims are not aware that life could or should be any different until someone comes alongside them and, through a lot of love and patience, begins to peel away the scabs that have been their lives up till that point.

The same is true for unbelievers. God has put a shield or cover over them so they cannot see the light, until it is revealed to them. But God has a plan for that, too. In the beginning, there was God and then God spoke and His Word became life. With His Word He said, "Let light shine out of darkness," (2 Corinthians 4:6). In the beginning there was not light and there was not darkness, there was only God. But God has a plan for His people, so after blinding the unbeliever, He placed inside the believers His light. He put it inside their broken lives so that His light would shine through the places where their lives were not perfect.

God says, "you are no longer a 'crack pot,' lost in your broken life. For you have stepped out of the darkness and I have placed inside of you My light, for all the world to see. You will no longer be a 'crack pot' in the world. From now on, you will be My cracked pot, so that the world may see My glory shining through you."