This past week I was on Facebook and I'm not a twitter person but sometimes people I'm friends with post things that were on twitter. Governor Greg Abbot is man who uses a wheelchair. A professed atheist had sent him a message on twitter saying, "If your God existed you would be up walking around." When it comes to abortion, people with disabilities and the elderly there's this mentality that humans are disposable. Governor Abbot responded by saying, "I may not walk or run but God still uses me." Genesis 1:26 Then God said. "Let us make human beings in our image to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground." We're not accidents. We're not worthless or disposable. God made each of us with a purpose. Psalm 139 takes us through the secret places where God makes us and we are considered wonderful and a masterpiece. I was born with one leg shorter than the other and I limp I also have a growth hormone deficiency does that mean God messed up or doesn't exist? No! My wife was born with spina bifida does that make her less of a being created by God? No! Psalm 139:16 "You saw me before I was born. Everyday of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." In 2 Samuel 4:4 we discover a man named Mephibosheth who was crippled as a child. "Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Israel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child's nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him and he became crippled." In 2 Samuel 9 you find a whole 13 verses devoted to David searching out Mephibosheth to show him God's kindness. Joni Earickson Tada is a quadripeligic and God has used her to transform many lives. Exodu 4:10 But Moses pleaded with the Lord. "O, Lord, I am not very good with words. I have never been and I am not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled." God used him to lean an entire nation. When I was in college the computer lab instructor was in a wheelchair and God used him to teach me how to interact with people in wheelchairs. The day after i asked Marion to be my girlfriend she got hit by a car and had to relearn how to walk. Because of my lab instructor Sal I knew how to interact with Marion being in a wheelchair. Having a disability doesn't disprove God or his ability to use you. Isaiah was a man of unclean lips see what God is looking for in Isaiah 6:8. Then I heard the Lord asking , "Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?" I said, "Here I am. Send me." I have a friend named Michaella I don't know a lot of her story but she has a disability and she goes online and uses it to glorify God. There is a young lady at Real Life Corpus with Down Syndrome, and I will tell you God has used one Sunday to get my attention. See every Sunday Pastor Greg makes a very bold statement. "If you walked in this building you are welcome here. Welcome home." One Sunday after he said that we were instructed to greet people. Sometimes this is one of the most uncomfortable things for me at church because I'm not always a people person. This young lady Shaney walked up to me and wrapped me up in a hug. I truly felt welcomed home. My nephew Connor is autistic but I can tell you Connor teaches every member of our family different things and God uses that boy often.
What I'm trying to get at here is this. God can and will use any one of us in our uniqueness. Don't let others look down on you.
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