Blessings in Disguise

We live in an evil world. Sin surrounds us wherever we go. temptation is on every corner of the street, but through everything blessings can be sought and used. I have listened to a few speakers preach on how nothing bad comes from God. Honestly I have no idea if that is true or not. The preachers say that Cancer, and other disease are caused by satan. When I think about this my brain goes to the time of David and how God sent an evil spirit to Saul. Saul was tormented by this evil spirit that God had sent in till David played his harp. So thinking of this I am torn wether or not God actually does give us bad things in life, but even if he does I think they are used to bless some one else. Thats what I want to get across. This discussion came up just this last week with one of my good friends, so I wanted to write about it.

When I was in grade 6 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. On valentines of all days. After I was diagnosed I spent two weeks in the hospital. Test after test, needle after needle. This pain made me angry at God. At the time I didn't know how much this condition would bless others around me. It wasn't in till I really thought about it this past month that I realized the people I had blessed. After I was diagnosed with diabetes I did several things. I blessed the JDRF by raising over 5000 dollars. I worked hard to raise that money, I went door to door and asked people to sponsor me. I would never have done that if hand't been diagnose with diabetes, but I wanted to help my community. I wanted to help other diabetics have hope for a cure. When I was back in school I did a science fair on Diabetes. I mentioned how diabetes works, how insulin saved my life and how Frederic Banting created it. by doing this science fair I was able to make my class more aware of diabetes. Diabetes is not uncommon now and so by making them aware I was able to bless the other diabetics in letting their friends know how the condition works. I am the first person to admit that I don't take good care of my diabetes, however when I'm in a state of role model I can execute the way I am suppose to handle it perfectly. This reminds me of another time when I was a youth leader. One of the youth was also diabetic. She was having what was called a low blood sugar, and because I was there I was able to help her through it. I was able to keep her calm and to get what she needed in a way that didn't make everyone in the room curious. These are just three blessings in disguises that I had thought of.

In this case I have no idea if God gave me diabetes to bless others. If it was him or if it was the other guy, or something we don't even know. In any case I'm glad I got diabetes. I'm glad It was me and not another poor soul. I would not wish this condition on anyone. So I want you to think. Have you ever had something in your life that was so hard. Hard to overcome, hard to deal with. Maybe these hardships have blessed others. Maybe you will have no idea if it has blessed others or if it hasn't. The way I think about it is, I have blessed many people with this rigid condition.