Amazing inspiration

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>> In life, go straight and turn right.. always and in all ways.
>> 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 "defect".
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 passion 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 called
"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!
>> Something's never change...
>> But something's do...
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