BUT I AM

YOU TELL ME TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD

AND TELL THE LOST ABOUT THE

SACRIFICE OF THE LORD,

BUT I AM.

I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN

FROM HOME

ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB.

YOU SEE,

I USE A WHEELCHAIR MOST OF THE TIME,

CAN ONLY WALK A FEW STEPS,

AND I HAVE TO SIT DOWN TO GET DRESSED.

(DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA.")

ALL THE TIME THINKING TO MYSELF,

'I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR THIS."

 BEFORE MY ACCIDENT,

I HAD JUST FINISHED SWIMMING,

NON-STOP I MUST ADD,

TWO AND A HALF MILES,

WHICH I'VE BEEN ASSURED,

IS IRON MAN LENGTH.

I KNOW

I WAS IN A POOL

BUT I REFUSE TO SWIM

WHERE I CAN'T SEE THE BOTTOM.

WHO KNOWS WHAT MAY BE DOWN THERE?

WHEN I SWAM,

IT WAS MY ALONE TIME WITH THE LORD.

I'VE BEEN SWIMMING SINCE I WAS ZERO,

PROBABLY LEARNED HOW TO SWIM IN A DITCH

ON THE COTTON FARM;

I'M NOT SURE.

ALL I KNOW IS HOW MUCH I'VE MISSED THOSE

TIMES WHEN I WOULD LISTEN TO MY PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC AND PRAY

AND THANK JESUS FOR THE GIFTS

HE HAS GIVEN ME.

SO,

SINCE I AM AT THIS POINT

UNABLE TO SWIM,

AND I MISS MY ALONE TIME WITH THE LORD,

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,

I PUT ON MY I POD,

AND BEFORE I'VE KNOWN IT,

TWO TO THREE HOURS

HAVE JUST FLED.

IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING

TO HAVE MY TWO PETS AT MY FEET,

BE COMFORTABLE IN MY BED,

AND STILL BE ABLE TO PRAISE MY KING.

I BELIEVE ONE OF MY MISSIONS,

WHY I WRITE SO FREQUENTLY,

IS TO ENCOURAGE THE MORE

UNFORTUNATE,

WHO ARE IN WORSE PAIN THAN ME,

AND MAYBE SOMEONE BELIEVES

THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD

THAT COULD EVER UNDERSTAND

HOW THEY FEEL,

WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.

YOU ARE WRONG.

YOU SEE,

THERE IS THIS MAN NAMED JESUS

THAT STRETCHED OUT HIS ARMS THIS WIDE

AND WAS CRUCIFIED

TO CLEANSE YOU OF YOUR SINS

AND TO LET YOU KNOW

HOW VERY MUCH HE UNDERSTANDS

AND KNOWS

AND LOVES YOU SO.

YOU

ARE

NOT

ALONE.

JOHN 3:16

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM

SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.