Becoming Ms. Frizzle

I've made a new decision (say resolution, but that's so January!). That decision is to read the Bible cover to cover. Right now I'm in Exodus (the book, not the experience). In the midst of reading chapter 4, I was caught off guard.

The Lord said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Whoe makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go, I will help you speak and will teach you what to say"

Wow! So, does that mean that blindness, deafness, and muteness (spelling?) are gifts from God? I'm not entirely sure, but this is what I take from the situation, but you'll have to imagine along with me. When in junior high I went on a church retreat during which we were blindfolded. While blindfolded, I learned to rely more on my other senses. Sounds seemed more profound, smell was heightened, touch was more significant. When we were once again "given our sight," everything seemed more beautiful. So maybe blindness, deafness, and "muteness" are not punishment, nor are they an experience for which to feel sorry. Rather, they are an opportunity to hear more sweetly, feel more strongly, smell more fully, and taste more profoundly.

Everything from God is an opportunity to find the diamond in the rough. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. And God only gives us as much as we can handle. So, get out there and experience the world for everything it has to offer, impairments and all!