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read between the lines
'twas the day before christmas they gave us half a day off at work today...yay. a surprising thing happened. i didn't expect to be touched when i crashed a friend's fellowship potluck but i was, when the host of the house popped in a dvd entitled life without limbs which was a motivational-talk-cum-sermon by nick vujicic, an australian guy born without limbs.the dvd also showed a few shots of how nick gets by with daily routines like combing his hair and pouring himself a cup of water (yes, with no hands nor legs, merely his shoulder blades and a stump that works as a left 'foot'.) i was particularly touched and encouraged by nick's answer in response to why he has to go through all this suffering, being limbless and all. he said it was so God can "strengthen us, to draw us closer to him and grow with him." he also brought up the passage where the blind guy got healed by jesus so that the works of god might be seen in him. at first it didn't really hit me that hard, because i mean those are the typical christian answers you get. but to see someone like him believe those words and say them with conviction was something else. i mean here i was, on christmas eve, feeling low and useless and pathetic and alone yet able-bodied, and there nick was, on fire, encouraged, joyful and full of life despite the difficulties he has to face due to having no arms nor legs. it made me think, if someone who seems so much worse off than me can overcome suicide and depression and end up motivating people for a living instead of wallowing in his state of things...then why can't i? nick's testimony gave me some hope and more of a reason (or zest) to go through life. he also said a whole lot of other stuff that i could relate to and am struggling with right now, which was why at certain points of the dvd i was swallowing my own tears when no one was looking. one of the things he said that also greatly encouraged me to hold on was when he said if something we pray for doesn't happen (in God's time), God's got something better planned for us. i can think of at least one dashed dream i can apply this to; reader, if you've followed my entries you know exactly what it is. |
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