In Mark 1:32-34 we learn that Jesus was very popular with people experiencing disease:
That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
Why did the whole city gather? Because people were talking about Jesus after he healed a man with an unclean spirit:
And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee (Mark 1:28).
So I was greatly encouraged to learn how people intend to tell about God’s goodness through disability, using Just the Way I Am.
- More than one person will be sharing the book with a family member or close friend who has a child with a disability
- Several are bringing it to their pastors or elders
- A student wants her college’s pro-life group to understand more about disability
- Two couples are considering adopting a child with a disability – I don’t even have words for the picture of God’s adoption that brings to me
- Two are bringing it into their work, and their work includes serving people with disabilities
- A pastor is considering how it could be used in pre-marital counseling!
- A missionary to a hard country wants to bring this message of God’s purposes and sanctity of life to the people he serves
- A mom sent me a picture of her boy with her request for the book – and I wept at his beauty and her message to me, which was thoughtful and encouraging
- Nine states were represented in requests for the book!
Do the above ideas give you any thoughts about spreading?
A great deal of my enthusiasm for making this book known is that it rightly centers on God and his word. I am grateful to God that Krista and her family seek to make much of God through this book rather than the gifts that God provides! We know in the gospels that some people followed Jesus just to experience earthly gifts – of healing, of food, or a hope for a new political system – rather than to treasure Jesus above all things.
Krista and her family do not make that mistake. Disability is certainly hard, and Jesus is certainly a great treasure!
The Works of God 
I think I will give one to my brother’s special-ed teacher who has remained a friend of the family 20 years after he “graduated”.
I will also get one to a missionary friend who has used autism support to families as visa platform in a very difficult access country.
Just awesome. I am encouraged to see such a good response and hope that many can learn what God has to say about disability and His providence in that.
I just listened your msg at the CDG conference about Disability. Thank you for the truth you shared.
From California,
Heather