Have you ever been at war with yourself? I have. Many times. I argue with me constantly about how I am.
Side A: Why can't you just be more "normal"?
Side B: I act and think the way that I do because of chemical imbalances in my brain--the receptors aren't receiving what the senders are sending. I didn't cause that, I was born that way--God created me that way, and He doesn't make mistakes.
Side A: He might not make mistakes, but the earth is cursed, and people are born with disabilities all the time. There's medicine to correct it, to help those synapses make those connections.
Side B: First of all, I take medicine. It helps me keep control of myself, and it helps me focus, but it does not change who I am. Second of all, I do NOT have a disease.
And ooooh, does it go on and on ... So, this is what I've come up with:
A) It doesn't matter that I'm not "normal". God created me the way that I am, and as long as my actions glorify Him, not me, I'm good.
B) I don't have to be perfect. Nowhere anywhere is there a rule that says I have to be perfect.
C) I'm Forgiven.
Don't worry about how great you think you aren't, how you can make yourself better, or any of that mess. Worry about making decisions that will honor God, and you can be as ADHD as you want. People with ADHD are either left- or right-brained. I'm a right-brain ADHD--I'm all about the creativity and writing and imagination and everything. I'm horrible at math and spacial distances. I have used my ADHD to help myself and help others. So don't see your ADHD as a curse or a disease--it is a superpower, and you can use it to help other people that can't quite see the world the way you do.
B) I don't have to be perfect. Nowhere anywhere is there a rule that says I have to be perfect.
C) I'm Forgiven.
Don't worry about how great you think you aren't, how you can make yourself better, or any of that mess. Worry about making decisions that will honor God, and you can be as ADHD as you want. People with ADHD are either left- or right-brained. I'm a right-brain ADHD--I'm all about the creativity and writing and imagination and everything. I'm horrible at math and spacial distances. I have used my ADHD to help myself and help others. So don't see your ADHD as a curse or a disease--it is a superpower, and you can use it to help other people that can't quite see the world the way you do.
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