The Tension Where Truth Lives

The Weight Between Words With Pastor Charles Howse

God Uses What Others Discard

People throw away what slows them down.
What doesn’t work fast…
what doesn’t look right…
what costs too much patience.

God does the opposite.

What others discard, God draws close.
What the world labels unusable, God calls unfinished.

We abandon things that crack under pressure.
God presses into them.

Because God has never required perfection—
only presence.

When the clay is marred, the potter doesn’t panic.
He doesn’t shame the clay.
He doesn’t reach for something new.

He stays.

That’s revelation.

God doesn’t replace what’s broken.
He reworks it.

We think brokenness ends usefulness.
God sees brokenness as the beginning of depth.

Cracks are not proof something failed.
They’re evidence something has been handled…
pressed…
tested…
and kept.

The world discards people who don’t bounce back quickly.
God builds with people who stay on the wheel.

Formation is slow on purpose.
If God rushed it, it wouldn’t last.

That’s why God often chooses the rejected…
the overlooked…
the set aside.

Not because they’re weak—
but because they’re available.

What others throw away, God keeps shaping.
What others give up on, God leans into.
What others see as debris, God sees as design material.

So if you’ve ever felt discarded—
by people…
by systems…
by seasons—

Hear this clearly:

You are not wasted.
You are not forgotten.
You are not past usefulness.

You are still in the hands of a God
who builds beauty from fragments
and purpose from pressure.

God uses
what others
discard.

— Pastor Charles E. Howse Jr
Beth-El Baptist Church
Loving The Unlovable:A Love Without Limits
Wholeness 4 LIFE

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Charles Howse Jr
Pastor Charles E. Howse Jr. is a preacher, pastor, and author whose calling lives at the intersection of proclamation and reflection. With decades of ministry experience, he has spent his life speaking to the visible struggles of people while gently naming the quieter battles they carry within. His voice is shaped by Scripture, lived experience, and a deep pastoral concern for those navigating faith, failure, leadership, and the long work of healing. Whether from the pulpit or the page, his work consistently points readers and listeners back to the grace of God that meets us where we truly are. Through writing, Pastor Howse explores the tension where truth lives—the space between certainty and doubt, strength and vulnerability, public faith and private wrestlings. His reflections draw from biblical narratives, personal insight, and pastoral observation, inviting readers to slow down,and think deeply. He writes not to perform, but to bear witness—to grace that restores, love that endures, and a God who remains faithful even when we falter. This blog is an extension of that calling: honest, thoughtful, and rooted in the hope that truth still heals.

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