An excerpt from the blog entry I wrote this week with Karen.
Later we talked about the story of
Jesus feeding the 5000. The boy made a huge gesture in that he gave all he
could, but in regards to what was needed, it would be considered meager. And
yet because he put it into God’s hands, it was used to accomplish amazing
things! This gives me great hope, because I see how it can be true of my life.
I have a very willing heart to give God all that I can, but often it still
would be considered meager to this world. But the hope I find in this story, is
that it’s not about what I can give, but what God can give, with what I have to
offer. This is where my hope lies. That the amazing God I love and serve will
use my life and all that I give to Him, to accomplish great things.
This was both a great reminder to me that God can use my
meager offerings in big ways, but it was also beautiful being able to talk
through this with her. It showed me once again how those with disabilities are just
as beautiful and valuable as anyone else. How it never has been about what we
can offer, but what we are willing to offer, and so disability or not, if we
are giving our lives over to Him, He is using it to do extraordinary things! I
think we forget or overlook that too much. We deceive ourselves with how much
we are capable of, when really anything any of us offer will always be meager
in regards what to what He can do. The only thing that will ever be extraordinary
is the extent of our willingness, and you don’t have to be without a disability
to be willing!
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