Some months ago I was diagnosed with a serious illness and went through months of swallowing many pills, waiting for the surgery. I had the surgery and now I am the way of recovery. Thank You Lord for saving my life. But still, my hope is that He uses this suffering I went through for His good purpose (Rom 8). No, I cannot make sense of it yet but I trust in Him to make sense of this suffering. I'll PM you for more details.
i'm happy it worked out for you... but there are people who don't have a story to share... my sister died at birth and honestly, nothing came of it... good or bad... well bad cause my parents were shocked back then but that's about it...
@PROdotes I'm sorry to hear about what happened to your sister. And like I said, there isn't such a nice and neat story at all times, but God can use the tragedies to shape us and form us or others. And sometimes we won't know the what part it played in the big picture until after this life is over. I refuse to believe that your sister's life did not have meaning in some way, but it might be easily apparent right now. Thanks for your comments.
@QuestionChrist well... i never met her, and my parents lost her just after birth so... no... can't say there was any meaning :)
still... by saying "god can use..." why believe it's god... i remember when i was younger i thought that everything in life had a reason why it happens... now i see what i was the one giving it meaning... X may lead do Y in life, but that doesn't really mean there's a greater plan... for me it just means stuff happens... soemtimes it's good... sometimes it sucks :)
This is the weak way of dealing with trauma and a poor method of reconciling the fact that while god may have gotten you out of a situation, he also put you in that situation. I always tell people, go ahead and let Jesus take the wheel *before* you spin out of control, and then go back and try to dust for god's fingerprints.
i don't agree with your assessment of the way god used everything for the good, but i am so not surprised at your profession. you have a really good heart and i am sure those people are loved. your a great dude. congrats on your 100th vid , your channel is great.
Incredible video! Thank you for sharing your personal story and for hanging in there for 100 videos. I appreciate you brother, more than you even know.
great story grats on 100th video and i to do home care it is a rewarding job i have got the chance to meet alot of wounderful people and i have learned so much being in this line of work. godbless
Wow truly an incredible story, God definately leaves his fingerprints all over our lives for sure congratulations on 100th video look forward to many more
My mother is mentally handicapped, though not as severely as your sisters, I understand the importance of people like you Pete. I wasn't aware that you worked with handicapped folks. For that I appreciate you.. Congrats on the hundredth video. On everything else, we'll agree to disagree..But, I am happy you are thriving in your path.~HergerSeamus
I certainly can see what you're saying and I've heard it before. But why would God make ANY mentally or physically disabled children in the first place? There's no reason to create unnecessary suffering.
Good men are not made by adversity. Good men are revealed by adversity. God has no need to make Down’s Syndrome babies in order for good to flourish in the world. The tragedy here is that you deprive others of recognition by depriving yourself of recognition. Good will only ‘triumph’ when we realise it is in our hands to make it so.
The question "What good..." is irrelevant to the question of the existance of an Omnipotent AND all loving being.
Such a being could prevent all birth defects from existing without interfering with freewill.
The existence of birth defects is consistent with Atheism, Deism, Malevolent Theism and Benevolent (and finite capacity) Theism.
That good flowed from Connie's birth is fortunate, and expodentially valuable. Nothing more.
kommissarw 9 months ago
Some months ago I was diagnosed with a serious illness and went through months of swallowing many pills, waiting for the surgery. I had the surgery and now I am the way of recovery. Thank You Lord for saving my life. But still, my hope is that He uses this suffering I went through for His good purpose (Rom 8). No, I cannot make sense of it yet but I trust in Him to make sense of this suffering. I'll PM you for more details.
daafith 10 months ago
I love you, Pete. I love you.
DoKtaTre 10 months ago
i'm happy it worked out for you... but there are people who don't have a story to share... my sister died at birth and honestly, nothing came of it... good or bad... well bad cause my parents were shocked back then but that's about it...
so... no... no fingerprints... :)
PROdotes 10 months ago
@PROdotes I'm sorry to hear about what happened to your sister. And like I said, there isn't such a nice and neat story at all times, but God can use the tragedies to shape us and form us or others. And sometimes we won't know the what part it played in the big picture until after this life is over. I refuse to believe that your sister's life did not have meaning in some way, but it might be easily apparent right now. Thanks for your comments.
QuestionChrist 10 months ago
@QuestionChrist well... i never met her, and my parents lost her just after birth so... no... can't say there was any meaning :)
still... by saying "god can use..." why believe it's god... i remember when i was younger i thought that everything in life had a reason why it happens... now i see what i was the one giving it meaning... X may lead do Y in life, but that doesn't really mean there's a greater plan... for me it just means stuff happens... soemtimes it's good... sometimes it sucks :)
PROdotes 10 months ago
Beautiful story.
EyeLean5280 10 months ago
This is the weak way of dealing with trauma and a poor method of reconciling the fact that while god may have gotten you out of a situation, he also put you in that situation. I always tell people, go ahead and let Jesus take the wheel *before* you spin out of control, and then go back and try to dust for god's fingerprints.
TheBigMclargehuge 10 months ago
i don't agree with your assessment of the way god used everything for the good, but i am so not surprised at your profession. you have a really good heart and i am sure those people are loved. your a great dude. congrats on your 100th vid , your channel is great.
freethinker3161 10 months ago
Thank you for sharing!
JesusIsDangerous 10 months ago
Incredible video! Thank you for sharing your personal story and for hanging in there for 100 videos. I appreciate you brother, more than you even know.
thepursuitblog 10 months ago
great story grats on 100th video and i to do home care it is a rewarding job i have got the chance to meet alot of wounderful people and i have learned so much being in this line of work. godbless
ivorydove28 10 months ago
Wow truly an incredible story, God definately leaves his fingerprints all over our lives for sure congratulations on 100th video look forward to many more
DameDeluxe 10 months ago
My mother is mentally handicapped, though not as severely as your sisters, I understand the importance of people like you Pete. I wasn't aware that you worked with handicapped folks. For that I appreciate you.. Congrats on the hundredth video. On everything else, we'll agree to disagree..But, I am happy you are thriving in your path.~HergerSeamus
GaelofVirtue 10 months ago
Come on, why would there be down syndrome in the first place? So you can have a job? Intelligent design my ass.
VersionV 10 months ago 2
So glad i subscribed! thanks bro
ICGodsGrace 10 months ago
I certainly can see what you're saying and I've heard it before. But why would God make ANY mentally or physically disabled children in the first place? There's no reason to create unnecessary suffering.
AgainstZombies 10 months ago
Good men are not made by adversity. Good men are revealed by adversity. God has no need to make Down’s Syndrome babies in order for good to flourish in the world. The tragedy here is that you deprive others of recognition by depriving yourself of recognition. Good will only ‘triumph’ when we realise it is in our hands to make it so.
MarkLucasTube 10 months ago
happy reserection sunday
God Bless =)
shaniece12341 10 months ago