Cracked

The title of my new blog comes to you via my cracked computer screen. It's a 13.3-inch macbook, the beautiful white kind. The LCD screen is bright with vivid colors -- except only about 2/3 of the screen is visible. A large, black blob of cracked pixels coveres the upper lefthand corner. It does a pretty good job of marring the screen.

Marred brilliance. Limited function. Beautiful imperfection.

In reality, isn't that what we all are -- cracked computer screens? We are beautiful, innovative people designed by God to do something great but limited in that ability by our cracks, our scars and our imperfections. Thankfully, God has the ability to use us in spite of and sometimes because of our imperfections.

Did you see Bruce Almighty? Do you remember the scene where Bruce acting as God allowed a young man to avoid teasing in gym class? Morgan Freeman's character, the real "God," says that the boy would have been a wonderful poet whose teasing would have enabled him to write beautiful poetry. Bruce's sparing him of the teaching cost that young man his future.

Luckily, we're not relying on Jim Carrey. God won't "slip up" and accidentally prevent us from being used for his purpose.

Ok, now I have to do that declarative thing where I tell you what this blog will be about. As an English teacher, I hate that. Yuck! But I guess there is no way around it, so here it goes.

This blog will be about...EVERYTHING!


So stay tuned! I'll be posting everything from how-tos to why-comes.