How do you feel when someone tells you that you can't do something? Does it make you want to try harder or give up? What if you are a person that is handicap? What if you are in a wheelchair? Now; how does it make you feel? I have a friend that is in a wheelchair and she faces this a lot. People look at her and say; you can't do that. How are you going to do that? You're in a wheelchair. Guess what? People should never tell someone what they can and can not do. They don't know what that disabled person can do until they're given the chance to do so. I met my friend in the wheelchair for the first time at the Christmas play at my church. She was sitting in the back of the church. I told her that she could not see well in the back of the church and that she could move closer to the front. She rolled her wheelchair to the front of the church. She really enjoyed it. She said that our church was the first church that didn't treat her different just because she is in a wheelchair.  Not too long after that; I asked her, did she want to be on the praise dance team. She was really surprised. She said what can I do? I said you can dance on the team. I said there are plenty of people in wheelchairs dancing.  She joined the praise dance team and is still on it. We talk practically everyday. She told me that she was tired of people telling her what she can't do. I said, well then, you're the only one that is going to have to set them straight. I said next time someone does it, tell them, don't say what I can't do, but rather watch and see what I can do. I said you can also use the Bible scripture that says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13). She said I think I will definitely do that.

My whole point in this blog is this; next time you're getting ready to tell anyone that they can't do something, bite your tongue and sit back and be surprised at what they can do.