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."
我的弟兄们，你们落在百般试炼中，都要以为大喜乐。(雅各书 1:2)
....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 soone
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.
第一课我学到：别把事情当成理所当然。
"And we know that in all things God works for
the best for those who love Him."
我们晓得万事都互相效力，叫爱上帝的人得益处。 (罗 8:28)
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.
这句经文对我的心说话，告诉我：不是运气、机会、或巧合让这些这麽糟的事
都发生在我身上。
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.
我很喜欢接触青年，并且不论上帝要我去做什麽，只要他引导我，我都很愿意。
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 an 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 im.
Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities
we rely on? God's!
