This week we had church on Monday night rather than Wednesday night because we had a special speaker. His name is David Ring and he has Cerebral Palsy. He was amazing. David was born and the doctors laid him to the side because they thought he was dead. 18 minutes later, someone touched him and realized he was still alive.
He has used Cerebral Palsy as a tool rather than a handicap by going around the world speaking as an evangelist. He has visited more than 6,000 churches. David told us that everyone has something that may seem like a handicap, such as a broken marriage, an addiction problem, or whatever. It could be something that is not seen by the visible eye like cerebral palsy is, but we all have something that could be a handicap in our lives if we allow it to be or we could use it to better serve the Lord for His glory. One thing that he says a lot is "I have cerebral palsy, what's your problem." None of have a good enough excuse to not serve the Lord to the greatest of our ability. The thing that spoke to me most was when he asked what the devil does when we wake up. When our feet touch the ground does the devil say, "uh oh, Janelle is awake" or are we not even a threat to him? If we are truly making an impact in the world for Christ the devil is going to try to stop us. But if we aren't then he has no need to even mess with us. Thus, we should not find it strange when we are hit with a trial or tribulation after we have made a commitment to God or begin to serve God like we ought. Isn't that powerful? I was so blessed this week by David Ring.
Since we did not have church on Wednesday Brian and I had dinner with our Pastor and his wife. We ate at the Golden Corral. We had such good fellowship and were there for almost 3 hours. He has asked us to pray about something and so we have. We had a good time though.
Tonight I hit the road for Louisville, Ky to see my good friend Sally. More pictures and updates soon!
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