The Cracked Pot

Found this story on the net, some body forwards it to me. Some of you might even read this before. Here it goes :-

The Cracked Pot


A water bearer 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 masters 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 masters 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 masters 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 masters 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 the Pot 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 pots 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 masters table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."


None in the world is perfect. Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all like the cracked pots. We are living in a world that feeds on perfection. That is why new models of hand phones keep on coming out. There is always a better one. Even the so hype up iPhone is not even perfect. Every thing there is pro and cons. Have you ever see or heard something that don't have any cons? That just shows us one thing. Humans is not perfect. Hand phones is just one of the examples. There are countless of examples.

Well I know of a Person that actually work on our weakness. Just like the man is using the crack pot. He is none other than Jesus. Ta da.... And Jesus is saying that, you might have broken family, hurts in relationship, in big debts, rejection from friends, health problems, financial problems and etc etc, and Jesus said, "Do not worry give all your problems to me, I'll be more than happy to take it all away from you. Heck, I'll even hold a party the moment you surrender your problems to Me." And even that you think you are in good times, He want to give you even better times.

So if we will allow it, the Jesus will use our flaws to grace His Fathers table. In Gods great economy, nothing goes to waste. Don't be afraid of your flaws. Acknowledge Him, and you too can be the cause of beauty. Because Jesus said, "Know that in our weakness we find our strength."


And He(Jesus) said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."..... For When I am weak, then I am strong [2 Corinthians 12:9,10]