以下係我昨天收到的一封E-mail，這生命真的令我很震撼，亦很感恩！
我們多幸福，可能我們比起他，他過比我們活得更有盼望，更依靠上帝..........
真的要好好反思一下！
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lots of pictures inside sure it speaks more than a thousand words....
Living Inspiration ............
My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used my testimony證據 to touch thousands of hearts around the world!
I was born without limbs四肢 and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect"缺陷. As you can imagine, I was faced with
many challenges and obstacles障礙.
"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials嘗試 of many kinds."
....To count our hurt, pain and struggle掙扎 as nothing but pure joy? As my parents were Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor牧師 of
our church, they knew that verse聖經的章節 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讚美 God!". Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There
were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked震驚 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哀悼 over my birth and my parents were absolutely devastated極為震驚的. Everyone asked, "if God is a God
of Love, then why would God let something this bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated用於 Christians?" My Dad
thought I wouldn't survive倖存 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擔心 and evident明顯的 fears of what kind of life I'd be able to lead經歷. God provided
them strength力量, wisdom智慧 and courage勇氣 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結合 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遭遇
uncomfortable times of feeling rejected, weird怪誕的 and bullied欺侮 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沮喪 and angry because I couldn't change the way I was, or blame責備 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負擔 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價值 and loneliness孤獨, God has implanted灌輸 a
passion情感 of sharing my story and experiences to help others cope對付 with whatever challenge they have in their life and let God
turn it into a blessing. To encourage and inspire鼓舞 others to live to their fullest potential潛能 and not let anything get in the way of
accomplishing實現 their hopes and dreams.
One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things for granted假定.
 
 
"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使認罪 me to the point where that I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or
coincidence巧合 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展現 through Him." I truly believed that God would heal治癒 me so I could be a great testimony of His
Awesome令人敬畏的 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學士 of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I
am also a motivational激發積極性的 speaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities良機 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器皿 in both Christian and non-Christian venues. I want to
become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate身份 investments授權, 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渴望 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能力, concentrate集中 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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"I am careful not to confuse Excellence with Perfection完美.
Excellence, I can reach for;
Perfection is God's business."
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