It means that my disability is actually okay (just a ‘difference’ or a ‘different ability’), if not actually a really good blessing from God.It means that I am still okay just the way I am, because ‘God doesn’t make junk,’ and.It means that God is in control, which is what I’ve been taught.I want to say that God did make me this way, because: Did God make me this way?ĭid He make me with a disability, and why? If He made me this way, what does that mean for my value, what does it mean for my place in God’s kingdom? What does it mean for people with disabilities? If God Made Me This Way…
And that begs the question I try to respond to here. And if He wanted us to learn them, perhaps He needed to send that child, with their disabilities and struggles and all.
These wonders–God’s patience, His stillness and His strength in weakness–seem so important to understand that we conclude that God wanted us to learn them. In some mysterious way, God’s wonders are revealed in the life of this person. The mother of a child with Down syndrome or autism probably doesn’t like the social, behavioral, and medical issues that accompany the ‘disability.’ And yet, there is a freshness in their child’s perspective, a different take on the world that is both unique and somehow essential. It seems like it’s a part of me, and that I wouldn’t be the same person if I didn’t have a speech impediment. I have never liked the disability, but it is part of my every day life. This article originally appeared on Elim’s blog. The following are reflections from Elim on the biblical worldview of disabilities.
We love their work and their heart for the differently-abled. In His Image regularly collaborates with and learns from Elim Christian Services here in the U.S.