God does his best though our weaknesses

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9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

We often underestimate the abilities of our disabled community. It is common for people to lower their expectations on what people with disabilities  are capable of doing. We relegate them to lower level jobs and the expectation  we have for them.  People with disabilities are often the last to get hired and the first to be let go.  .

Where it is easy to see the impossible in a person's life God sees the possible. Throughout the ages He has used people with disabilities to humble mankind.  In Exodus 3:10 Moses reminded God that he was slow in speech and tongue.  Through a series of questions God reminded Moses that He determines human abilities and disabilities.  In Exodus 4:10 God reminded Moses  “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” (Exodus 4:11). God knew Moses wasn't a gifted speaker, but yet He chose him to be his spokesperson.

Paul was reminded in 2 Corinthians  12:9 that: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” 

To understand people with disabilities we need to  build relationships with them. Developing friendships encourages them to open up to the love of God.  It also fulfills the words of Jesus when he said,"I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me” (Matthew 25:35,36).

God calls everyone with a disability to come to Him and just as He invites everyone to come to Him He says to each of us, , “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:28,29)  

God's first concern is for the soul.  A lifetime with a disability followed by an eternity with God is to be preferred to a lifetime with health and wealth followed by an eternity separated from God. In a culture that worships physical perfection, devalues human life, and takes pride in disposability, the church must protect the helpless, vulnerable, disenfranchised, including people with disabilities. They are people created in God’s image, possessing dignity,value,and purpose.

 Imagine if you were the parent of Nick Vujicic the morning he was born and you just discovered your son had no arms or no legs. You probably would be set on a course of pretty severe grief wondering about the what if's and assuming if you just did things differently your son would have had two arms and two legs.

You assume  that your disabled child has no hope for the future.  As you read John 9 you are reminded that God had a different view of your disabled child. Just as you assumed your child would be relegated to a life of dependency God promised in his word that he was made that way just so the works of God can be shown through him.

 God doesn't need the best and the brightest, nor does he need the most fluent or the most affluent to do His work.  We discover that God does his greatest work in those who are weak, tired, or even disabled.

Nick Vujicic is one example of God using a physical weakness and the absence of limbs to spread the gospel to every man, woman and child in this universe. God revealed to his parents that He has a plan for Nick's life. .

I hope you take the time to listen to Nick's testimony. It just may change the way you think about the disabled community. It just might be a reminder that God really does care for your child and he alone has a perfect plan for their lives.