Having a disability can add extra challenges to your life, as well as humbleness but lets explore if having a disability can actually help you have more faith.  When you have a disability you are often much more reliant on other people and God.  Its not as easy for you to get things done sometimes so when you have a disability sometimes you just have to rest and realize that God is going to handle these things for you.

Often times Christians struggle with their faith but people with disabilities often rely on their faith – because often times that is all they have.  Due to my disability and it causes me to be very poor at socialization I often time have to rely on God when I need help, because I have no one else to ask.  I find when I rely on God to help me with these things they get done, either by someone just showing up or me somehow managing to get it done myself.

How do you feel a disability can affect faith?

I have been told countless times by Christians that I will be healed by God, or that I lack faith in God and that is why I have a disability.  The fact is there wrong.

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Its also very clear that sometimes disabilities are the result of sin, for example I know someone that has a cognitive disability because of her mothers addiction to alcohol and various street drugs.  Because of her mother’s sin this person has to live with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

I think its important to realise that sometimes God wants us to go through Trials to strengthen us as well, I can say that Christians with Disabilities are the people I know of that are the most dependant on God.

What do you think about people who say people who disabilities lack faith?

A question I often have been asking myself as of late is why does God not heal the disabled.  I’ve heard many different renditions of it, but there are a few instances in scripture where a very clear answer is given on why God does not heal the disabled.God is often glorified in weakness… I know some of you are saying “WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS PERSON SAYING???”  In my personal life people with disabilities tend to be a lot stronger in faith, because by nature they are more dependent on God, as people with disabilities tend to have very few close friends to help them with issues.

Also think how many people see how dependent these people are on God and get inspired by these people who society views as less then normal be so dependant on a God who society often sees as not existing, and there is one simple thing.

Weakness Is Strength

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for kmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that lthe power of Christ may rest upon me.  For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For owhen I am weak, then I am strong.

While many argue that is is in reference to a ‘thorn’ that paul had – it seems that Paul is stating he seems content with not only his thorn, but other weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities.  So if you ask me, the weakness may be in relation to his thorn – but Paul also points out that he is content with a lot more then his thorn.

Do weaknesses you have increase your faith?