So…discussion today on vulnerability and putting onesself out to be used again…

When some people use brooms, they bang them around in swordplay, knock into walls & doorframes, maybe even cosh other people upside the head…  rough and uncaring, throwing the tool around as though it doesn’t matter, because after all it’s a stick with some grass on the end of it designed to do dirty work…  The broom winds up being bashed, gashed, paint-chipped, splintered, even broken in half; it’s bristles split or bent to the point of ineffectiveness.

Others, however, sweep carefully in one direction, pull the cobwebs and dustbunnies off into the trashbin, then put the broom back in its designated storage place until next time.  The broom may even be hung on a hook to make sure the bristles aren’t bent improperly.

And then, there’s what Gene Kelly and other skilled dancers such as himself have done with brooms – putting the broom on display to highlight the skill and artistry of the dancer.

The first use is common, but not according to design.  God calls us to be used, by Him, in the other two ways – designed to be employed by Him in bringing cleanness to a life, and celebrated as a way to highlight His Dance.