Wonderfully Made

Scriptures: “I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139:4)

Since I was born with no arms and two badly bent legs, you might not think that I am “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Often when my wife and I go out, people act shocked to see a short man whose one artificial arm has a hook attached to it. They cannot get past my appearance to see me. But I have come to realize that it is not my outward form that makes me wonderful!

My parents were unable to care for me, but my heavenly Father was always directing and guiding me as I was moved from place to place. At the Shriners’ Hospital, I was fitted for my first arm and had many surgeries that enabled me to walk. Just down the street from Good Shepherd Home, my last group home, was a storefront Mennonite Church whose Sunday school teachers came week after week to take me and other children to church. They made me a part of their lives and loved me. Together with one of my nurses, they taught me that I, Jeff Steinberg, -- born with no arms and twisted legs – am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Since the day I asked the Lord Jesus to come into my life, what others call “handicaps” have become a springboard for me to share God’s love with a lost and dying world.


Prayer Requests:
Those “handicapped” with the disability of not being able to see themselves beyond their outward appearance.

Prayer:

O God, help us to see Your loving hands at work in our lives and to know that each of us can be used in Your services. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen!

(From The Upper Room On-line Daily Devotion, January 12, 2005 – Written by Jeff Steinberg of Florida)