When I was in Bible School, I traveled with the school's singing group on the weekends. We gave our testimonies in between songs and prayed with individuals in the congregation. I recall one small white country church surrounded by snow. There was no indoor plumbing, which was very unusual in the early seventies. If you had to use the restroom, your choice was the outhouse about hundred or so yards from the church, or the coffee tin hidden behind a curtain in the basement.
I imagine the coffee tin grew in value depending on the circumstance.
Paul writes to Timothy, "But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor" (2 Timothy 2:20). His point, however, is not the usefulness of vessels of dishonor (empty coffee tins) but getting rid of unhealthy things in our lives.
"Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work" (2 Timothy 2:21).
