A story of Nick Vujicic -- no arms, no legs
沒手沒腳的 Nick Vujicic 之故事My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used my testimony
to touch thousands of hearts around the world! I was born without limbs and doctors
have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". As you can imagine, I was faced
with many challenges and obstacles.
"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."
....To count our hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but pure joy? As my parents were
Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor of our church, they knew that verse very well.
However, on the morning of the 4th of December 1982 in Melbourne (Australia), the
last two words on the minds of my parents was "Praise God!". Their firstborn son had
been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it.
The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all! There is still no medical reason
why this had happened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like
any other baby.
The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were absolutely devastated.
Everyone asked, "if God is a God of Love, then why would God let something this
bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated Christians?" My Dad thought I wouldn't
survive for very long, but tests proved that I was a healthy baby boy just with a few
limbs missing.
Understandably, my parents had strong concern and evident fears of what kind of life
I'd be able to lead. God provided them strength, wisdom and courage through those
early years and soon after that I was old enough to go to school.
The law in Australia didn't allow me to be integrated into a main-stream school
because of my physical disability. God did miracles and gave my Mom the strength to
fight for the law to be changed. I was one of the first disabled students to be integrated
into a main-stream school.
I liked going to school, and just try to live life like everyone else, but it was in my
early years of school where I encountered uncomfortable times of feeling rejected,
weird and bullied because of my physical difference. It was very hard for me to get
used to, but with the support of my parents, I started to develop attitudes and values
which helped me overcome these challenging times. I knew that I was different but on
the inside I was just like everyone else. There were many times when I felt so low that
I wouldn't go to school just so I didn't have to face all the negative attention. I was
encouraged by my parents to ignore them and to try start making friends by just
talking with some kids. Soon the students realized that I was just like them, and
starting there God kept on blessing me with new friends.
There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn't change the way I
was, or blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday School and learnt that God
loves us all and that He cares for you. I understood that love to a point as a child, but I
didn't understand that if God loved me why did He make me like this? Is it because I
did something wrong? I thought I must have because out of all the kids at school, I'm
the only weird one. I felt like I was a burden to those around me and the sooner I go,
the better it'd be for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my life at a young age,
but I am thankful once again, for my parents and family who were always there to
comfort me and give me strength.
Due to my emotional struggles I had experienced with bullying, self esteem and
loneliness, God has implanted a passion of sharing my story and experiences to help
others cope with whatever challenge they have in their life and let God turn it into a
blessing. To encourage and inspire others to live to their fullest potential and not let
anything get in the way of accomplishing their hopes and dreams.
One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things for granted.
"And we know that in all things God works for the best for those who love Him."
That verse spoke to my heart and convicted me to the point where that I know that
there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these "bad" things happen in
our life.
I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in our life
unless He has a good purpose for it all. I completely gave my life to Christ at the age
of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that the reason the man was born blind was
"so that the works of God may be revealed through Him." I truly believed that God
would heal me so I could be a great testimony of His Awesome Power. Later on I was
given the wisdom to understand that if we pray for something, if it's God's will, it'll
happen in His time. If it's not God's will for it to happen, then I know that He has
something better.
I now see that Glory revealed as He is using me just the way I am and in ways others
can't be used.
I am now twenty-three years old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce
majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivational speaker and
love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become
available. I have developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics
that challenge today's teenagers. I am also a speaker in the corporate sector.
I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available for whatever God
wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow.
I have many dreams and goals that I have set to achieve in my life. I want to become
the best witness I can be of God's Love and Hope, to become an international
inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian
venues. I want to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate
investments, to modify a car for me to drive and to be interviewed and share my story
on the "Oprah Winfrey Show"! Writing several best-selling books has been one of my
dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by the end of the year. It will be called
"No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!"
I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it's God's will,
you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves
for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We
put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to
do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our
availability for we know that it is God through us and we can't do anything without
Him. Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we
rely on? God's!
May the Lord Bless you
In Christ,
Nick Vujicic
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