If you had significan injury, do you think you were meant to be, so that you can serve as e xample?

Question

Like, Hearing damage, or Knee damage or Impotence or chest and stomach pains. Nobody has it but you seem to be the only suffering.. and everyone around you just continues their happy life.

Is there a purpose to having all this... do you sometimes feel like you were chosen to be an example...?
but what if people don't even care about you. and don't want to take your case and learn from it. Example i have hearing damage from loud music, and i keep telling my parents and relatives, but they don't even care and they keep listening to loud music..

Answer 1

So nice to see a good, real-life question here.

Many struggle with this, because scripture seems to tell us that conditions like you described are a result of sin, and in some cases sins of the family.

Now we quickly reasoned out of the "sins of the family" thinking, because it made no sense in a theology of individual choices and individually being saved by the grace of Jesus. That individual focus moved us away of thinking of sin as representing our whole family before God. (Like: "Your actions have shamed the whole family! Now your Mother can't show her face in public.") We no longer believe God works that way.

But, some still hold to the notion that in some way our bad behavior, choices, decisions, feeling, etc. connect with an illness. And, usually if looking hard enough can find something to point at. People like to make that connection because our secular world emphasizes the old "you get what you deserve" thinking, then someone named it "karma."

Things happen, some within our control, some not. Decisions are made, some good and some bad. That's called life. Even the most spiritual person can choose poorly with disastrous results. But, the classic axiom still holds true: It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it.
A meaningful relationship with God can help you make lemonade from lemons.

Answer 2

God does not make people sick to use them. He is capable of sending a well person to minister to someone in need. He will however use you, if you are willing and happen to be sick. He will also use you as a witness to a certain malady like drug addiction, prostitution, etc. once you have come out of the lifestyle. He then may turn you into a Christian councilor in that area. After all the best help comes from someone that has actually had the experience that needs attending to