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แรงบันดาลใจแห่งชีวิต
Living Inspiration -
Nick Vujicic
บทความของผู้ที่เกิดมาพิการไม่มีทั้งแขนและขา
ที่ต่อสู้ดิ้นรนกับการมีชีวิตและความท้าทายในการใช้ชีวิตในสังคมและโลกที่มองเห็นเขาเป็นเพียง
"ตัวประหลาด" จนถึงกับคิดจะทำลายชีวิตของตน
แต่ด้วยความรักและกำลังใจจากคนในครอบครัวและผู้ใกล้ชิด
จึงมีกำลังใจดำเนินชีวิตต่อมาและได้ผ่านประสบการณ์ความรู้สึกและเรียนรู้ถึงความหมายแห่งการมีชีวิต
และรับบทบาทหน้าที่ในการใช้ร่างกายที่พิการของตนเองถ่ายทอดเรื่องราวการต่อสู้ชีวิตของตน
เพื่อเป็นแรงบันดาลใจแก่ผู้อื่นและผู้ที่หมดกำลังใจและสิ้นหวังในชีวิต ให้เข้าถึงและเข้าใจถึงความหมายของชีวิตและลุกขึ้นยืนหยัดสู้ต่อไป...
My
name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used
my testimony to touch thousands of hearts around the world! I was
born without limbs and doctors have no medical
explanation for this birth. As you can imagine, I
was faced with many challenges and obstacles.
"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many
kinds."
....To count our hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but pure joy? As
my parents were Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor of our church,
they knew that verse very well. However, on the morning of the 4th
of December 1982 in Melbourne (Australia), the last
two words on the minds of my parents was "Praise
God!". Their firstborn son had been born without
limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare
themselves for it. The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all!
There is still no medical reason why this had happened and Nick now
has a Brother and Sister who were born just like any other baby.
The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were
absolutely
devastated. Everyone asked, "if God is a God of Love, then why would
God let something this bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated
Christians?" My Dad thought I wouldn't survive for very long, but
tests proved that I was a healthy baby boy just with a few limbs
missing.
Understandably, my parents had strong
concern and evident fears of what kind of life I'd
be able to lead. God provided them strength, wisdom
and courage through those early years and soon after that I was
old enough to go to school.
The law in Australia didn't allow me to be integrated into a
main-stream school because of my physical disability. God did
miracles and gave my Mom the strength to fight for
the law to be changed. I was
one of the first disabled students to be integrated into a main-stream
school.
I liked going to school, and just try to live life like everyone
else, but it was in my early years of school where I encountered
uncomfortable times of feeling rejected, weird and bullied because
of my physical difference. It was very hard for me
to get used to, but with the support of my parents,
I started to develop attitudes and values which
helped me overcome these challenging times. I knew that I
was different but on the inside I was just like everyone else.
There were many times when I felt so low that I
wouldn't go to school just so I didn't have to face
all the negative attention. I was encouraged by my
parents to ignore them and to try start making friends by just
talking with some kids. Soon the students realized that I was just
like them, and starting there God kept on blessing me with new
friends.
There were times when I felt depressed and
angry because I couldn't change the way I was, or
blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday
School and learnt that God loves us all and that He cares for
you. I understood that love to a point as a child, but I didn't
understand that if God loved me why did He make me like this? Is it
because I did something wrong? I thought I must have because out of
all the kids at school, I'm the only weird one. I felt like I was a
burden to those around me and the sooner I go, the better it'd be
for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my
life at a young age, but I am thankful once again,
for my parents and family who were always there to
comfort me and give me strength.
Due to my emotional struggles I had
experienced with bullying, self esteem and
loneliness, God has implanted a pa ssion of sharing my
story and experiences to help others cope with whatever challenge
they have in their life and let God turn it into a
blessing. To encourage and inspire others to live
to their fullest potential and not let anything get
in the way of accomplishing their hopes and dreams.
One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things
for granted.
"And we know that in all things God works
for the best for those who love Him."
That verse spoke to my heart and convicted me to the point where that
I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence
that these "bad" things happen in our life.
I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to
us in our life unless He has a good purpose for it
all. I completely gave my life to Christ at the age
of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that
the reason the man was born blind was "so that the works of
God may be revealed through Him." I truly believed that God would
heal me so I could be a great testimony of His
Awesome Power. Later on I was given the wisdom to
understand that if we pray for something, if it's
God's will, it'll happen in His time. If it's not God's will for
it to happen, then I know that He has something better.
I now see that Glory revealed as He is using
me just the way I am and
in ways others can't be used.
I am now twenty-one years old and have
completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in
Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a
motivational speaker and love to go out and share my story and
testimony wherever opportunities become available. I have developed
talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that
challenge today's teenagers. I am also a speaker in the corporate
sector.
I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available
for whatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow.
I have many dreams and goals that I have set
to achieve in my life. I want to become the best
witness I can be of God's Love and Hope, to become
an international inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel
in both Christian and non-Christian venues. I want to become
financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate
investments, to modify a car for me to drive and to be interviewed
and share my story on the "Oprah Winfrey Show"!
Writing several best-selling books has been one of
my dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by
the end of the year. It will be c alled "No Arms,
No Legs, No Worries!"
I believe that if you have the desire and
passion to do something, and if it's God's will,
you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we
continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's
worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in
a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God,
is that if we want to do something for God, instead
of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our
availability for we know that it is God through us
and we can't do anything without Him. Once we make ourselves available
for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's!
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