"No excuse is good enough. The next time you think you have an
excuse why God can't use you, remember the following people: Noah was
drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar, Leah
was ugly, Joseph was abused, Moses was a murderer (like David and Paul),
Deborah was a female judge, Gideon was afraid, Samson had long hair, Rahab
was a prostitute, Jeremiah and Timothy were too young, David pretended to
be mad, had an affair and ran away from his own son, Elijah was suicidal,
Isaiah preached naked, Jonah ran away from God, Naomi was a widow, Job lost
everything, John the Baptist ate locusts, Peter was hot-tempered, John was
self-righteous, the disciples fell asleep while praying, Martha was worried
about everything, Mary was too lazy, Mary Magdalene was demon-possessed,
the boy with the fish and five rolls of bread was too unknown (and still
is), the Samaritan woman slept with many men, Zacchaeus was too small,
Peter was too impulsive, Mark had given up, Timothy had a stomach ulcer,
and Lazarus - he was dead." - Anonymous