A while ago, my mom told me that the ATCP wanted people with A-T
to make a video saying that they needed a cure. When she asked me if I would
make one, I declined. I didn't want to say I "needed" a cure. I
decided to write explaining why. Some may think it absurd or offensive, but I
don’t care--it’s true. I don’t need a cure because I already have one.
God is my cure. He gives me life and purpose through His great love. The
following verses explain what the Bible says about God as a cure:
John 3:16-- For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John
11:25-- Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever
believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
Jeremiah 29:11-- For I know the plans I have for you, declares the
Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a
hope.
John 16:33-- I have told you these
things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.
The Bible is full of examples of healing and restoration through
faith in the Lord. My A-T is no different than any other kind of “trouble” or
“perishing” that Christ is talking about in John 16:33 and 3:16. I have faith
that He has overcome it.
Secondly, God has shown me His love in the friends and family He
has given me. He has proven to me that if I did not have A-T, I would not
have met so many of my friends. God provides a cure for me through these
kindred spirits, showing me His love through them. Around them, I can really
come out and be myself! Also, God does not only give me friends for just me,
but He lets me serve Him by ministering to them as well. With my friends, I get
to be blessed and be a blessing.
I don’t mean to say that there can’t or shouldn’t be a medical
cure for A-T. I would still wish for a cure to bring hope to others and
especially to children in the future who will be diagnosed. Even though I know
He could, I don’t believe that God is going to cure me medically from A-T. God
has His own reasons, and I may not ever know exactly what they are. But this I
know: He gave me A-T for His own reason, and He is not done with me.
For all people affected by A-T who don’t know Him, I pray that
they will someday accept the love of Christ, so that they can know a cure like
I’ve come to know.
