Disabilities and Life

My hurts aren't anyone's problem - it is mine. I can control my circumstances which create my emotions, but other than that, I need to accept and just let it go. I have strong support from my wife and family. Letting go my own expectations, reactions, and definitions of history are often answers to letting go and free my spirit to fly again. I have learned that one of the most important ways to let go is rid myself of self-criticism. Life can be hard, but it is considerably harder by criticizing myself and depriving myself of what I deserve: joy, love, abundance, happiness, and laughter. It all begins inside of me. I need to take to heart that when life is not perfect, God is there. I need to let go and give to God. He understands, and loves and carries me through it. I just need to accept the fact that God is in control, even if I do not understand. It is by faith I can endure my disabilities and struggles. I place faith in Him because of the assurance I have through His Word, even when I do not understand. With Christ, I can make the best of my situations. My pains allows me to identify with Christ and draw me closer to and more intimate with Him. I must understand that God will use my sufferings for the greater good for His purpose. God is working in me even when I do not feel it. How do I allow Him to use me, and then share my experiences for the benefit of others, such as people like Joni Erickson Tada? I understand that suffering is a choice, not about that I am willing to suffer, but how will I deal and learn from it. Canadian Mark Pickup (disabled with multiple sclerosis). He has said, “I have been more service to God disabled than during my able-bodied years. This didn’t happen despite my disability but because of my disability.”

"God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise." Joni Eareckson Tada

"God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person."

Joni Eareckson Tada

"Suffering drives us to our knees in weakness, where God wants us, so that His strength is most obvious, not ours."

Joni Eareckson Tada

"God wants us to lay our burdens on Him and rest in His love. It's His responsibility to work out the purpose and plan in our hardships. Only our refusal to trust Him....can hinder His purposes in our lives."

Joni Eareckson Tada Jim * Deaf (hard of hearing) since birth * Multiple Sclerosis ( Relapsing, Remitting) * Type-2 Diabetes * High Blood Pressure * Sleep Apnea * Bankrupted * Struggling financially * Prodigal Christian * Much more Despite of my sufferings, I am spiritualy HAPPY !!