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PAGE TITLE: CBN Daily Devotional
ARTICLE TITLE: What God says about
me!
DATE: N.A
AUTHOR: Jenny the Jewel
I
was born with Down syndrome over 30 years ago. This makes some things very
difficult for me. When I was younger, I spent a lot of time asking God, Why did you make me with Down
Syndrome? Why can’t I be normal like other people?
I
told Him all the time that I didn’t like having Down syndrome. I kept thinking
that if only I didn’t have Down syndrome I would be happy. I thought that
somehow God made a mistake when He made me. My Mom and Dad always told me they
loved me so deeply, and that they could not love me anymore, but somehow down
deep in my heart I always wondered if they would love me more if I didn’t have
Down Syndrome.
When
I was in high school, the kids on the school bus were very mean to me. They
laughed at me, and mocked me and they called me all kinds of bad names, and
told me that even my parents couldn’t love me. That hurt me so deeply!
When
I got off the school bus in the afternoon, I would be crying. My Mom met me at
the door, and we would talk and pray every day. She told me that people
used to say bad things about Jesus and call Him names too, so He understood
exactly how I felt.
She
told me that real truth is only found in God’s Word, and not in what other
people say about you. She told me that if I could find anywhere in the Bible
where God calls me bad names, or said I was a mistake; she would pay me $5,000.
I spent a lot of time reading in the Bible to find out what God said about me.
All the Scriptures I found said just the opposite, so I never did get the
$5,000!
Some
of my favorite Scriptures are: Psalm
139:14 where God says,“I
am fearfully and wonderfully made." God tells me in Psalm
17, "I
am the apple of His eye." In Deuteronomy
7:6, God tells me that I am "His
treasured possession." In Philippians
4:8, God tells me to think about whatever is "true, noble, right, pure, and lovely."
I like to think about the truth that God tells me and spend my time thinking
about what God says is true. The last Scripture I want to share is Psalm
119:114, “You
are my refuge and my shield. I have put my hope in your Word.”
My confidence and hope is in God. I know now that instead of being a mistake, I
am the Lord’s treasured possession.
I like
to memorize Scripture and fill my mind with the truth of who God says I am.
This understanding has made all the difference in my life. Now I recognize
that God has a plan for my life, and He created me just the way I am for His
special purpose. I may still have Down syndrome, but now instead of saying “if
only” I didn’t have Down syndrome, I say, “So what, I will glorify God just the
way He made me." I know He loves me and cares for me with His whole
heart.
The
Lord showed me that I am not a mistake, but I am a precious gift…His treasured
possession. We have a choice to believe and fill our minds with God’s truth,
which will change our hearts, or listen to what other people say and be
sad. It is a choice we must each make. In Exodus
4:10, Moses tells God that he can’t do what God told him to do
because he was slow of speech and tongue. In verse
11, the Lord said to him, “Who
gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes
him blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go. I will help you speak and will
teach you what to say.” He made me just the way He made me
for just the special purpose I was created for. There is special work He has
for me to do that can only be done by me, just the way He created
me.
If
I spend my time wishing I was different, I will never get around to doing those
things God wants me to do. Sometimes Satan tries to put thoughts into my
head and tell me that I am no good and stuff like that. That’s when I remember
the Scripture in John
10:10 that says, “The
thief comes only to steal, and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have
life and have it to the fullest.”
When
Satan tries to put lies into my head, I beat him over the head with the truth
of God. I do it over and over again as long as I have to. I know God has
given me special gifts and talents, and my desire is to use them for His glory.
I say it often and I mean it…I love my life!
God
does not make any mistakes, and that’s the truth… no matter what we sometime
may think. As Proverbs
3:5 says, "Trust
in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding." Jesus
is my best friend, and I love Him with all my heart, and I am fully His.There
is nothing more important in my life than pleasing Him, spending time loving
Him and reading His Word, talking to Him, and sharing His love with other
people. His joy fills my heart!
If
your heart is sad because you wish God had made you different, read in His Word
the truth of what He says about you, believe it, and let Him change your heart.
Nothing is impossible with God. He certainly did change my heart.
Lord, I pray for each person, that you will fill their heart with
Your truth of who they really are and how much you love them. AMEN!
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