I know a lot of you are not thinking of the same “D” word as I am when you saw this post. Im not talking about any curse words. The “D” words Im going to be talking about are Defect and Disability. I hate those two words. Lets take the word defect and look at a dictionary definition of the word. The definition of the word defect is an imperfection that impairs worth or utility and a lack of something necessary for completeness, adequacy, or perfection. Robert M. Hensel serves as an advocate for the disabled, an on going effort to better the rights of all Americans with disabilities. He is quoted as saying “I choose not to place “DIS”, in my ability.” I am definitely with him on this one. I cannot stand to hear someone call me disabled. I may be different but not disabled or defected. If you are a night owl and watch late night TV as much as I do you cant go a night without hearing these certain commercials that come on saying “If you or your loved one took these certain medications during pregnancy you may have a claim to compensation”.We always look for a place to put our blame when it comes to disability and defects. So these law offices want to put the blame on certain medication. Im no doctor so I will not claim to know if the medication is the cause of the defect or disability mentioned in the commercials. But I do believe that in most cases medication is not to blame for a person being born with a disability. I am positive that when God created me and others that the world would look at as being disabled or having a birth defect He does not see us like that. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14. Do you know that you are fearfully and wonderfully made by God? What does that mean? God made you fearfully in His image. Fearfully made means that God was careful with you when He made you in His image. He was careful with you because He wanted you to be a beautiful representation of Himself. God also made you wonderfully. Wonderfully means that you are a one of a kind and unique . You are a work of art! There is no reason that you should ever feel inadequate because you can rest assured that you have been created exactly the way that God needed you to be made. In God we have purpose no matter how disabled or defected we may seem. If we didn’t have a purpose He wouldn’t have put us here on this earth. God doesn’t see me as disabled and defected but fearfully and wonderfully and thats what I should see in myself but thats hard when the world constantly has reminders of the “D” words.
Through Christ I am enabled not disabled and effective not defected!
very well said tyler