Topic: How Hope And God Work In Adversity, Part 1 Of 2

One of the ways God has of sending hope and the Light into the world is through people who seem to have less than others. This was certainly the case with Lucy (not her real name). Lucy was born with Down's Syndrome. Her mental age never reached more than two years. Of course, Lucy was a constant worry and burden for her parents, wondering what would happen to her when they were both gone. Lucy died in her late twenties from complications originating at birth. On the surface, it would seem Lucy took more away from the world than she gave. The truth is Lucy gave more to people and gave more to the world than a hundred people. Lucy changed people's lives. Lucy touched people and made them tender when no one else could touch them. Lucy reminded people how blessed they were to be more normal, and made them thankful for the life they had. Lucy made people thankful for small unseen blessings they would have ignored if Lucy had not been born with a disability. Lucy pulled people into the service of others. Many of these people were not the service-to-humanity types. Because Of Lucy, other people found meaning and purpose in their life. Lucy penetrated the hard outer shell of people and softened them up. Lucy touched so many people when Lucy died, there were hundreds of people who came to pay their respects and give comfort to her parents. Lucy did all these things without even being able to speak a complete sentence. We cannot possibly see how Lucy's life rippled out over the land through the people she touched. Your life is like a pebble thrown into a lake. The ripples go on and on, even when we do not see them. The ultimate answer to the questions of why, or why me, or why does God let bad things happen the way He does is, at least in Lucy's case, answered by realizing we are all born to be Light bearers and givers of hope to others.

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