"Skilled bowyers [bow makers] ... will agree that a perfect bow never begins with a perfect stick of wood. In fact, there is no such thing as a flawless stave from which a bowyer begins the process...The same can be said of people...Once sin entered the world all who have been born begin from day one to grow like wood - twisted, crooked, knotty, hard, and often difficult to work with...God's determination to use us is not thwarted by our flaws!...imperfect people...[become] perfect examples of the Master Bowyer's willingness to choose and use flawed individuals. Thankfully, the human demonstrations of His willingness to use crooked bows are not confined to people found in the pages of the Bible. There are living and breathing examples among us in our times." - Steve Chapman