Why This 19-Year-Old Thanks God For His Wheelchair | Jamey Carrington (EP 208)

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Bryce Crawford 0:00

What do you mean when you say that Jesus is healing?

Jamey Carrington 0:02

Jesus can heal my body, but if he doesn't heal my heart, what good is it? I see this as protection, not limitation.

Unknown 0:10

You lit your wheelchair on fire. That's kind of an exaggeration. That's not really an exaggeration. The wheel is completely on fire. I make that video, but it's super viral.

Jamey Carrington 0:19

5 million likes. 145 million views. If a man busts through that door right now with a 9mm and decides he has beef with you, I got two words for you. Good luck. But I can pray for you. I am quite literally forced to my knees to be humble. Does God need to make calmer waters or does he just need a better sandwich? You might say, God feels so distant right now. Where is he? I'll tell you where he's at.

Bryce Crawford 0:50

He lives inside of you. How close do you want him to be? And the second thing, this one I've honestly been really excited to say, I'm officially announcing our ministry's biggest live event to date, Open Heaven Live Podcast Tour. It's happening November 8th this year at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas. This is going to be a night centered around worship, faith, real conversations, and genuine community. I believe God is going to move in a powerful way, and I would love for you to be in the room. Tickets are on sale right now. You can head to BryceCrawford.org slash tour or just click the link in the description below. And please only get your tickets through my official site or that link below.

Bryce Crawford 1:35

I recommend not buying from random resellers online. I believe this is going to be a really special night and I hope to see you there. All right, let's get into the episode. what's going on guys welcome back to another episode of the bryce carver podcast i'm bryce and today i'm with a special guest we got jamie carrington here how you feeling what's up man i'm doing great dude thanks for coming on before we get into your story i want to kind of know who is jamie outside of the wheelchair who are you

Jamey Carrington 1:59

I don't get very far outside of it, but physically speaking. But I don't know, man. I'm a pretty normal guy. Like, I mean, we've been here for, I don't know, 30 or 40 minutes. You know by now, I'm a very normal, normal guy. I like Star Wars. I like... Creativity, I like messing around. I think at heart, I'm a servant. I'm a servant, not only to Christ, but to people. Because servitude is such a big part of my life, because it's centered around me and my family. My entire family are servants to me. And for people who aren't Christian, that sounds really weird. um but it's not and it's a beautiful thing to be servants of one another um i'm sure you've had to learn about that in your marriage like serving one another yeah um but i i think i'm just uh

Jamey Carrington 3:03

I mean, I think I'm funny, casual. I like to serve people, be as nice and be as closely resembled to Jesus as I possibly can.

Bryce Crawford 3:15

Yeah, that's amazing. Well, obviously, you know, from being around you and your family and your friends, I mean, you guys have the heart of Jesus. And I love when you laugh and the jokes you make and things like that. So obviously we get an inside peek to your life. I mean, what was... Fate fight for you. I mean, what was your relationship with God like growing up?

Jamey Carrington 3:35

Well, it wasn't what it is now. It was very, you know, back and forth. Like, okay, you say you love me. You died for me. You gave me this beautiful earth to live on. You say that your love is everlasting. Well, so is my chronic disability. That's pretty everlasting, too. So, which is it? You gave this to me, and people tell me it's a gift. Well, you give terrible gifts. I never want to play Secret Santa with you ever again. So, why am I in this chair if you love me? And I grew up in Southern Baptist churches. Same. Yeah. Yeah. Georgia boy. So I'm not a Southern Baptist. Yeah. But growing up around that, it's very... People love to, I think everyone has a heart of gold behind when they say this, but they make your problems feel small.

Jamey Carrington 4:52

When they're like, God is just using you and you have such a gift. And meanwhile, I'm nine years old and it doesn't feel that way.