I watch this every night and each night it makes me laugh, as they look at the fun parts of the Games and highlight the amazing ability of the athletes.
Hosted by disabled people, they take a laid back look at peoples disadvantages and make light of some athletes mistakes. This is all done in great taste and the fact that many of the athletes themselves watch it in the Olympic village shows that they are not offend by the programme.
One of the features on the programme is where viewers can message in and ask.... is it OK to ask?..... for instance... is it OK to ask how the swimmer with no arms gets out of the pool? or... is it OK to ask if the guy that runs with one leg and one blade gets a discount on trainers?
Making light of the bad things in life is sometimes a great way to over come barriers. one athlete said...
''Ive done more with out my legs than In would have done with then''
This sort of statement is great to hear and can inspire so many. Like the mother and father of a young disabled boy, after not knowing what sort of life their son would or could have they watched the Paralympic swimming and saw a swimmer with the same disability as their son win gold, and now have book him in to swimming classes.
Making light of Christian values and behaviour maybe not quite the same as God set out rules. but in the same respect Christians are all different and can all reach out to different people. they are not stereo typical and can laugh and make fun of each other.
If Christian people do this in a respectful way then they to can become inspiring and change peoples view.
We can all use our situation to inspire and change peoples views. It maybe in your work or school. It maybe in a sports club or local group. I t could also be as a parent at the school gate.
we all have the ability to try and show that Christians are Normal and don't need to preach to do it.
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