broken vessel

Etymology
From Old Testament symbolism that people are like clay vessels.

Noun
rubble where a soul should be.
 * 1)  A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
 * 2) * 2000. Jill Alexander Essbaum, Kenosis (poem). Published in Heaven, University Press of New England, p. 48:
 * I am a broken vessel, Lord
 * I am a broken vessel, Lord
 * 1) * 2005. Kara Williamson, quote in Undisguised, the new project by singer/songwriter Kara Williamson, Your Guide to Christian Music, Gospel, Feb 4 2005.
 * I’m a broken vessel—thankfully, God uses broken vessels.