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 | | From: | JPF | | Subject: | Beyond Limitations | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:04:01 GMT |
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 | There was an article in the May 5, 2000 edition of The Denver
Post, written by Linda Usrey Long from the Portales News-Tribune. It is
a true story about a man named Lyle Bert, age 64. Mr. Bert has an
associate's, bachelor's, AND a master's degree, and currently hosts "The
Lyle Bert Show," in Portales, New Mexico.
There is a lot more information than what is being shared
here, but the main gist of the article is about how Mr. Bert was
in an accident in 1965, while handling a homemade rocket that
exploded. He says:
"I lost both hands, the eyesight in both eyes . . . My jaw
was broken . . . My face and lips were burned. I had 124
penetration wounds in my chest and abdomen. I almost lost my right leg .
... . Pieces of device went through my leg and through my abdomen. They
amputated my hands . . . and I lost two-thirds of my stomach."
While speaking to the Conference on the Handicapped a few
years ago (in Santa Fe, New Mexico), Lyle Bert shared something
very worthy of repeating:
"A person who has no legs
can still achieve great heights;
A person who has no hands
can still grasp an idea;
A person who has no sight
can still have great vision;
And a person who can't move
can still lead."
Bible verse:
"...but He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you,
for My power is made perfect in weakness.' I will all the more
gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon
me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults,
hardships, persecutions, and calamities;
for when I am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
May each of us look beyond our "limitations" and see what
God can do through us!
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