"I'll always be a burden to everyone because I can't do things myself."
How it sounds in your head: You need help getting dressed. You need accommodations at school. You hear your mom on the phone managing your medical appointments and wonder if she resents you. You see the extra effort people make and feel guilty for existing.
"And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
-- 2 Corinthians 12:9World measures worth by productivity and independence, making interdependence seem shameful instead of beautiful.
You literally do require more help than other people, and you can see the extra work you create. The exhaustion on your parents' faces, the inconvenience you cause, the money spent on your care - it's all measurable proof.
Blind from birth, disciples asked whose sin caused it - his or his parents'? Jesus said NEITHER - 'that the works of God should be revealed in him.' Instantly healed with mud and spit, became the star witness whose testimony religious leaders couldn't refute.
I REFUSE the lie that needing help makes me a burden. IT IS WRITTEN that God's strength is made perfect in weakness - my limitations are the stage for His power. I am not defined by what I cannot do but by whose I am. The BARAK blessing doesn't require independence - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all needed help, had servants, depended on others, and were wildly blessed. IT IS WRITTEN I am God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works He prepared beforehand - works designed FOR ME as I am, not as the world thinks I should be. I receive help with gratitude, not guilt, knowing God orchestrates provision through people.
The Father doesn't see you as a burden - He sees you as beloved, and He delights in providing for you through others. Like the blind man whose disability existed specifically to display God's works, your needs are opportunities for His goodness to flow.