The idea that we are "perfect just the way we are" is difficult to square, both from a biblical perspective and also in light of the lived experience of so many people. How can we talk about "perfection" when human suffering surrounds us and when we ourselves are confronted with our own imperfection? This week, Vince and Jo are joined by Naomi Zacharias, leader of Wellspring International, RZIM's humanitarian arm devoted to helping at-risk women and children. Together they consider what it means to affirm that we were created "very good," while also recognizing that we live in a fallen world that includes disabilities and birth defects. If God makes us, how can some people be made with such physical challenges? How does Christ meet us in the midst of imperfection?
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Question Asked in This Episode: "If God makes us, as it says in the Psalms, how can some people, like my daughter with spina bifida, be made with such physical flaws, making parts of her body unable to function?"
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