This is from a ezine called Heart Warming.

This story illustrates so beautifully the truth of God's love for each of us. We are all "cracked pots" full of flaws, but in His grace and mercy He uses our flaws for His glory and our good. Thanks for the reminder. Have a beautiful day! *'s for all.

Wow, thanks!

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by letvia 22 Apr 2008

Flower to reach 3000

jrob thank u so much, this brings tears, so many times in my life I've felt like the cracked pot but God worked on the flaws & showed me that even with imperfections we can accomplish good things. Thank u again *4U

What a wonderful story and message! I hadn't heard that one before.

jrob, this is one of my favorite stories, thank you for sharing it with all of us. *4U

Takes one to know one, jrob sweetie, oh sorry we're talking about cracked pots, not crackpots, haha. Thanks for this jrob, you have a terrific day sweetie, hugs and some beautiful wildflowers for you.

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by jrob 22 Apr 2008

it does, doesn't it?!? I thought this appropriate for Earth Day, too.

Such a beautiful story Jrob, thank you for sharing. here's a bouquet of flowers from another old cracked-pot, though some might say for me it should be crackpot. LOL! M

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by jrob 21 Apr 2008

I started to title it from one cracked pot to another.....So you got it! ;)

Pots & Flaws

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a
pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in
it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full
portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the
master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two
years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half
pots full of water in his master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was
proud of its accomplishments,perfect to the end for which it was made.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and
miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been
made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke
to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and
I want to apologize to you." "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you
ashamed of?" "I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver
only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out
all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws, you have
to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts,"
the pot said.

The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his
compassion he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you to
notice the beautiful flowers along the path."

Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of
the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and
this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad
because it had leaked out half its load, and so again it apologized to
the bearer for its failure.

The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers
only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot's side?That's
because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it.
I planted flower seeds on your side of the path,and every day while we
walk back from the stream, you've watered them. For two years I have
been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table.
Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to
grace his house."

Each of us has our own unique flaws. We re all cracked pots.
But if we will allow it, the Lord will use our flaws to grace His Father's
table. In God's great economy, nothing goes to waste.

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by jrob 22 Apr 2008

and that should have been "an" ezine.