WHEN THE BLACK SHEEP BECOMES THE SOURCE OF BLESSING(S).

JUST THINKING 

Have you ever been called the black sheep of your family? Have your actions brought shame, pain and disgrace to your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, and yourselves? If you have made some mistakes which have dented your family name, reputation and pride, you don't have to give up and write yourself off.
Being a thief or a prostitute was a thing of shame in the past to the families of the person involved in stealing, prostitution and so on. But today, people, family and parents celebrate their kids who are involved in those things because of the money their children bring home. This shows how decadent our generation has become.
Being a harlot could have brought shame to Rahab's family. Did you know how her siblings felt when people said to them that their sister was a prostitute? Did you know how her parents felt seeing their daughter being talked about because she was sleeping with men to make money. I can't imagine how they felt but I can say that they must have been embarrassed by it. No one can stand it when their child is called a thief or a prostitute.
Wow, she too must have felt bad once or twice having thought about the embarrassment, the shame, the disgrace and the pain she must have brought to her family and herself. However, there is good in the lives of everyone and even in the lives of the wicked, the useless, the black sheep and that person who has brought so much shame, pain, regrets and insults to his family.
Joshua 2: 12 &13  says, "Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord , since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token, and spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death".
Rahab being called useless, stupid, black sheep, a harlot and other names was able to negotiate the safety and protection of her family and their properties with the two Israelites (whom she saved) who were sent to spy the land of Jericho. She hid them in her house and protected them when the soldiers came to look for them. What or who could have given her that wisdom to do that and later negotiated with them and made them commit themselves to it with an oath. Her decisions and actions saved the posterity of her family and brought her into a different lineage of grace.
This shows that there is no useless person in life. Everyone has a form of good in them. You might have done some stupid things but God can still change you and make you a world changer. The prostitute called Rahab later became a part of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Who could have imagined that that would have happened?
God can turn your shame around for good if you will turn to Jesus today. Rahab embraced God and His people and her life was transformed for the better. He can do the same for you today, if you turn to and embrace Him.