The Gift of Dyslexia

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My daughter is dyslexic.  She has a hard time with reading, writing, and spelling.  She tries to avoid the situation.  She tries to pretend it's not a problem in hopes that no one will notice.  We are working on this.  Not, the dyslexia per say - although we do work on that; but, rather, the fact that she tries to hide how God made her instead of being proud, or at least, not ashamed of who she is.

It is my prayer that she will learn to accept it without embarrassment.  To admit it to her friends, to work at it and be thankful that God has a plan for her life. 

And the dyslexia?  Well, it quite possibly could fit right in with that plan.  It could help shape her into the person God wants her to be.

Dyslexia is a gift!

It's God's way of making her different. She has to work a little harder, but that just means she'll have a great work ethic and, quite possibly will be even more successful because of it.

God gets glory when a bird flies and eats worms because that's what He created that bird to do!  He gets glory when bees make honey and flowers bloom on the prairie because that's what he created them to do.

It's the same with us.  God gets glory when we live for Him and do what He has for us to do...not what He has for someone else to do.   Most of us, myself included, need to stop trying to live up to someone else' standard and start living the life He has given us to live.

We all have a place in God's world.  We have a spot to fill.  A job to do.  I am not called to do what my husband does.  I'm called to be his wife.  I'd be miserable, and so would he, if I should decide that I'd rather do what God has called him to do.  Just as a honey bee would never try to eat a worm, or a bird make honey - it's just not natural.  It goes against everything God created them to do.

She may never be what someone else is, but then she wasn't created to be someone else.  She was created to be her.  And, God has a plan especially for her.  No one else can do her job, fill her spot or take her place!  She was made just the way God wanted her.  

Her strengths and weakness were chosen by God and tailored to her before the foundation of the world.  They will help her to become the person He wants her to be.  They will make her stronger and because of that, they will actually be able to help her through her life. It is for that reason that each of these strengths, and even the weaknesses, can and should be considered gifts from an Almighty God who knows what He's doing!

Amy Carmichael wanted blue eyes, but had brown.  Later she was called to be a missionary to India where she needed to have brown eyes.  God knew what He was doing.

Gladys Aylward hated that she had dark hair and was only 4 feet; 10 inches tall when all of her friends were taller and beautiful blond hair.  Years later she said she realized that God knew exactly what He was doing when she stepped off the boat in China, and all the people had dark hair and her height.

God knows what He's doing!! 

Famous Dyslexic People

 George Patton
Nelson Rockefeller
Woodrow Wilson
Winston Churchill
Thomas Edison
Leonardo Da Vinci
Albert Einstein
Alexander Graham Bell
And let's not forget the Fonz (Henry Winkler) ;D 

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