Hands That Serve
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”
Romans 12:1
As a quadriplegic, every bit of physical ability means the world. Like, even with weak shoulder muscles, I’ve been able to feed myself ever since I was in rehab. But last year? I lost that ability from nerve damage.… “God, really? I ‘liked’ having some use of my arm. What ‘are’ you thinking?” Well, instead of grumbling (it gets you nowhere), I went to the first verse of Romans 12: “In view of God’s mercy, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice.” In other words,… If, in mercy, Jesus sacrificed ‘his’ body on the cross, I am to offer ‘myself’ as a living sacrifice. ‘For’ this’ is pleasing in God’s sight,” it says. And at every meal, I do just that. Whenever someone feeds me? I bless their hands, because… It’s pleasing in God’s sight.
Joni Eareckson Tada Shares Her Heart on Chronic Pain
Welcome to this installment of Joni Eareckson Tada’s “Heart of the Founder” series where Joni shares a surprising truth: After more than 57 living with quadriplegia, paralysis is not the most difficult part of her life. No, what troubles Joni more than her visible disability is the chronic pain that often feels crushing.
