Out of brokenness comes wholeness

This has been a sad week with the death of Chuck Colson, former Nixon hatchet man and founder of Prison fellowship.  I remembered sitting around the kitchen table as my dad recited pages out of the Watergate papers which he read in it's entirety and remembering how evil Mr. Colson must have been.  Dad was very well read on the Watergate scandal much to the chagrin of my mom.  Dad was a proud Independent back in the days when there was no Independence party. As strange as this seems listening to my dad talk about politics were some of the happiest moments of my life.

Looking back I realized that God took the evil that was in Chuck Colson's heart and he replaced it with the HolySpirit.  I also remembered that it was Minnesota's own Albert Qui, former Governor and Congressman that shared his faith with Chuck Colson and even offered to take his place in prison.  It was a moment that helped him to see the need for Christ who was so evident in Al Quie's life. Mr. Colson could not believe that any man would offered to serve his sentence.

I guess that is how the Lord works in our lives. He can take the brokenness that occupies our life and through the redemptive power of Christ he will take that brokenness and make us into a useful vessel. Out of Chuck's brokenness came a very successful prison ministry that has brought many to Christ. Many men and woman were brought into the Kingdom of God because of this man's brokenness.

Here is Chuck Colson's testimony.