I realized something this week. Everyone has a disability. Wait, really?
Wikipedia says, “A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these. Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions.”
I would say, that the loose definition of disability is brokenness.
If we have a Christian worldview, we believe this world is broken and that we as people are broken. If that really is true then it makes sense that everyone has disabilities, or, places where they are broken.
Mike Warnke once had someone tell him that Christianity was a crutch. Mike told the guy that when you’re crippled you need a crutch. Mike knew that as humans we are crippled. We are crippled because we live in broken bodies in a broken world.
So, the church is really disabled people who have found their strength and support in Jesus Christ. The difference between the unsaved and us is that we have seen our need and found a savior and they haven’t. That’s all really.
People are disabled by many things: broken bodies, broken marriages, broken childhoods, broken dreams, broken relationships, broken homes, broken expectations, broken spirits, etc.
Some of our brokenness Jesus heals in this life, but healing for some of the brokenness will have to wait for heaven. Some of our brokenness will leave scares in this life, scares seen and unseen.
Most people can hide their disability, but I can’t, the wheelchair is kind of a giveaway, but don’t think that I’m the only one with a disability. As humans living in a broken world we all have disabilities, we are broken people, and only in Christ can we find the crutch to help us move forward in this world and to find a new world, after this one, where we will find the ultimate healing.
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