This 1 Beautiful Truth will Transform Your Perspective

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My dad lost 40 pounds the year I was born. He was young, so young. He’d fled his home country to America to find freedom – leaving behind his parents and all he knew. He met my mom, and they exchanged vows. Two year later, I arrived with unexpected challenges. My hip never fully developed. My right limb was deformed with two missing bones and a disfigured foot that was quickly amputated. I would walk, but with a prosthetic limb.

I always knew that I was different, but I never questioned why. Thankfully, my disposition is decidedly sanguine. Through most of my childhood, I limped along with a smile on my face and was unaffected by what my doctor’s called a congenital birth defect.

At age 12, God’s mercy reached down and scooped me up into His arms. I heard the Gospel – that Jesus loved me, chose me, cherished me, died for me, and had a purpose for my life. I asked Jesus to forgive my sin and become the Lord of my life. Just as I was reaching the difficult teenage years, full of angst about identify and appearance, God revealed Himself to me and filled me with His peace.

I will never forget the first time I read Psalm 139. I just knew that this psalm was written just for me. My birth was not an accident filled with defect at all. You see, God saw me – my unformed body in my mother’s womb. I am His workmanship — fearfully and wonderfully made. My ESV Study Bible explains this so beautifully: I am fearfully “set apart”…God “set His love upon” me at the moment I was conceived. Every molecule in my body was designed purposefully so that His glory might be displayed in and through me.

I am wonder fully made. And so are you, my friend.

I pray that today you may know that you are a beautiful creation. You are the very image of our omnipotent God. He makes no mistakes. He redeems every moment of your life. He has designed you purposefully.

Let this 1 beautiful truth transform your perspective: You are wonder fully made.

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This week a good friend and mentor told me I need to let my little light shine & let you know “Hey, I am a limper.” I don’t just walk with a limp, but I live with one in my heart. Life is so hard sometimes, and on days when I am finding it hard to take one more step of faith, this sweet promise reminds me God doesn’t need me to be fabulous & perfect. I just need to be faithful. He is at work as I limp forward one step at a time. So I have added a new heading on my blog. Head on over here and read more about my limp — If you feel crippled by your circumstances, I hope it will encourage you to keep trying to walk. God sees you, and He is fighting for you.

I want to let you know that God never wastes our suffering. He has a grander purpose for your pain.  Right now, He is at work in your life in ways you cannot see.  If you choose to keep limping forward, you will discover His all-sufficient grace will strengthen you step by step as you inch forward in faith.

Never forget this: The God of wonder has uniquely designed you to reveal His wonder.

I’ve created a one-page printable with Scriptures to help you remember you are wonder fully made. Download a copy and read through these sweet promises every morning to help you keep limping forward in faith . Sign up today as a member of the Wildfire Faith Community and  grab a copy in our Faith Fuel Library.

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I’ve always loved the image of the butterfly. I am reminded that daily, as I walk with God, He is transforming my life. Right now, you may be in a dark cocoon, but one glorious day, you will break free of this fleshly shell and fly.

Choose today to spread your wings and fly for Him. You may be limping along, but His glory is revealed through you.

 

“This 1 Beautiful Truth Will Transform Your Perspective” is an updated version of a post that originally appeared at Missional Women.

 

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