My Greatest Challenge 8-24-14
The Ice Bucket Challenge has taken off lately. I have enjoyed watching videos of people get
buckets of icy cold water dumped on them in support of raising funds for
ALS. This is a fun way to draw attention
to a horrible disease and hopefully find a cure. There are so many dreadful illnesses and
causes to give towards and for which to raise awareness.
I live with Parkinson’s disease and see the need for a
cure. I praise God for the meds and the
treatments available. PD has made life
challenging.
My greatest challenge, however, is to allow God to use my PD
to help people find Jesus. As great as
the need for a cure is, the need for a Savior is greater. I need for my Comforter and Friend to help me
through life with PD than I need a cure. Besides, I will be disease free one
day in heaven. A cure, as nice as that would be, still is only temporary.
The greatest challenge before of me today is to get my eyes
off me and allow God to use my PD to introduce other people to Jesus. My health is not supposed to squelch this
challenge, but in fact, be the springboard to do so. I hope that Christ is magnified through my
PD.
“According to my
earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that
with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body,
whether it be by life, or by death.” Philippians 1:20.
“Finally, brethren,
pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified,
even as it is with you” II Thessalonians 3:1.
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