Embracing Imperfection

I was thinking this morning about the great commission. It is so interesting to me that Jesus would entrust humans to spread the Gospel. Didn't He read the scriptures?? Doesn't He know that we humans have a pretty bad track record that includes screwing up just about everything we are entrusted with?
None of the Disciples were perfect. They were human. They screwed up all the time and in several cases were on the receiving end of Jesus' rebuke. Why didn't Jesus just create a band of 12 perfect people to "go" and share the gospel? It's an extremely important message don't you think? You don't put a mall cop in charge of guarding the Hope Diamond do you?
Sometimes I feel timid about sharing the gospel with people because of my imperfections. I am afraid that someone will ask a question that I don't know the answer to, or that I might say something that repels them instead of pulling them in. Why did Jesus choose to have a group of imperfect zealots, tax collectors, and fisherman as disciples? I believe it is so that we could say, "If they can do it, so can I". These men had struggles with pride, lying, and stealing. We are people who struggle with alcoholism, drug addiction, pornography. We have modern day problems and issues that we are trying to kick in pursuit of Jesus and here is the best part….. Just like Christ had faith in the disciples, He thinks we can do it too. Jesus didn't create 12 perfect people to share the Gospel with the world because the broken world would not be able to relate. Jesus uses the broken to spread the Good News because we can provide people with a story. We can say I had a problem with the bottle but look what Jesus has done with me. We can say to the world, my marriage was on the brink of destruction, but look what Jesus did for me….taste Him and see that He is good!!
God uses imperfect, broken, wrecked, sinful people…..who the heck wants to be perfect and unused?