I apologize for taking so long to reply to you guys. When I made this I honestly didn't think anyone would even watch it so I forgot about it until this morning! It's been a rough spiritual battle since I made this and God has overcome so much darkness in my life that was still hovering around me but now I'm hearing His Spirit speaking through His Word like never before. I'm praying for all of you and thank you all so much for the encouraging messages, they helped make me realize I'm not useless and God can and will use me no matter how broken and messed up my life has been. I love you all and God Bless you!!!
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Thank God I found you! I'm a Christian with Asperger's, too. Most of the time it doesn't give me much trouble, but lately I've been in a period where, given my circumstances, I'm alone and depressed a lot. I've been getting better, but I haven't really found many Christians with Asperger's until now. A lot of things were going on when my depression began, but basically I started feeling very lonely. I felt like my fellow Christians wouldn't understand my condition, or they wanted me to change so that I'd be more like them--change in ways that I wouldn't be able to. I also felt that even if I were to just go and find some more Aspies, they'd reject me for being a Christian. Most Aspies seem to be atheists, and while a lot of people would assume it has to do with God not being "rational" enough for their tastes, I think it just has to do with the fact that church communities don't know much about autism in general. Low-functioning autism is more noticeable, so that gets more sympathy, but we Aspies are just silently suffering, too shy to bring up our problems because we feel like we're surrounded by strangers. That was how I was in church for a long time, and I could never really get serious about my faith up until this depression. One night, though, as I was crying myself to sleep and feeling lost, I just sort of felt that God was there. I felt like something outside of me was trying to comfort me and tell me that everything was going to be all right. I call this experience the "perfect hug". It's a hug with all the affection and love but without an over-stimulation of the senses. So in that sense it has to be a non-literal hug. Only God can give that perfect hug, I think. I had friends and family willing to love me, of course, but that night I finally realized just how deep God's love really is. Before I had thought that I had needed a rational component to my faith. But like Pascal once said, God cannot be processed through the mind, only the heart (paraphrasing). While rationality is very important to us Aspies, an emotional aspect is really needed to have that relationship with Jesus Christ. I felt at first that since I had Asperger's I wouldn't be able to have that experience that other Christians had--the whole "let God into your heart" thing. But it happened without me even having to ask for it. I don't know if you've had this experience, and if you haven't I don't really know how you can "ask" for it, but every Aspie, in my opinion, needs this perfect hug from the Holy Spirit. It's basically a hug from God that says, "I know you're different and strange, but I still love you. I love you even though you don't fit in, and I want to help you through every challenge in your life. You have a place in my plan for the world. I made you just the way you are." I know a lot of Aspies feel like they can't believe in God because they can't just believe in something they can't really see, but that's not the point. The point is that you believe in God because you realized that you were hopeless and no one could help you with your issues--not even yourself. So you turn to God and let Him heal you, and He gives you the love, peace, and acceptance that every human being craves--but Aspies especially so. One good thing about being an Aspie is that I understand that as a Christian I'm sort of supposed to be an outcast. A lot of Christians are just Christians because it's just part of a community for them. Since a physical community means little to us Aspies, we already know what it's like to being alone. And since Earth is not our eternal home, we Aspies are correct when we think we're on the "wrong planet" :) Still, I would love to meet other Christians with AS. They seem to be few and far between, and it's mainly because they turn away from the church. They either can't believe in God, or when they try and ask questions or doubt then nobody understands them, or they just can't find the acceptance they're looking for in the church, often because they don't really know how to speak and let everyone know how lonely they feel. Only a few of my fellow Christians have been really helpful in this regard, but their support is nothing compared to God's love for me. Today and often I feel alone or depressed or scared, but I'm trying not to be. One thing I really want to do is spread the Gospel to my fellow Aspies. They're just as sinful as everyone else, but sometimes the neurotypicals in church don't understand this. Sometimes something that they think is "sinful" is just an idiosyncrasy or a quirk of AS. If churches just came to understood what autism was and stopped making assumptions about us then maybe more of us would be Christians. I will gladly support you in any way I can, and I hope you can do the same for me as well, although I probably won't burden you much. The church needs Aspies--we're a very vital part of the body of Christ that often gets accidentally neglected. I pray that even if we can't find our place in human society, we can find our place in God's kingdom--the good thing about God is that He is perfect and He already has a plan for us in mind, and He'll use us even though we're not perfect.
+Spencer Gage I'm glad I found you too! I love it when God brings people together who share in the same struggles. I know depression very well. I've dealt with it for over 15 years but God is really starting to overcome that with joy in my life. I thought I was the only Christian out there with Asperger's until I saw these comments on the video and I met one guy a while back who was. I get the loneliness. People in church didn't (and most still don't) understand. And there are a lot of disorders out there and I feel like disabled people feel so different we do isolate ourselves. I was told my sin was causing the Asperger's by some. But I'm in a much better church now and a few people I'm explaining Asperger's to and they are slowly understanding better. I seriously thought God didn't want me in church and I was going to hell for a while. Yep, I had mostly non-Christian friends growing up and I was terrified of being ridiculed because of my faith. I almost always kept that a secret but a few times I talked about it and I got mixed reactions. Yea, and with Aspergers like you say isn't as obvious as the lower functioning so it's hard for people to understand how we are different and just see us as shy or unfriendly when we really don't want to be like that. Oh man that is beautiful about "the perfect hug"! Yes, God alone is the One who REALLY understand's us 100%. That's why we need to trust in Him first in all things and have Him lead us through this life. We can have family and friends but at the end of the day in bed and when we are alone it's just us and Jesus. I'm so happy to hear you experienced His love for you. Ahh Pascal. Man I studied Philosophy and Theology for years trying to figure life out. I never got to read much Pascal but I have one of his main books though I should try and read. But that makes sense. We can try and rationalize all we want and there is some good classical apologetics but at the end it's being given a new heart in Christ and Him renewing our minds and that gift of faith He gives us. Yea man, I never "asked Jesus into my heart" He basically came into my life and became my best friend that I would talk to in isolation all those years. I'm going to talk to God about that perfect hug man. I've struggled so much thinking God was punishing me for sin and that's what was wrong with me. I'm 33 now and wasn't even diagnosed with Aspergers until age 30 so I went a long time not knowing what was wrong and always thought God was upset with me and keeping me out of His church because of my sin. My heart right now is so deeply caring for the Autistic community. I know how lonely it can be and so dark for the believer. Haha, yea man, I was on the forum Wrong Planet and I thought about that too that spiritually I really was on the "wrong planet"! Our true residence is in God's Kingdom brother! I want to meet other Christians with AS too man. I'm excited people commented on the video I made. I hope we can try and have some sort of support group online at least so we know we aren't alone and there are others like us. But like you say God's love is #1 and what we should seek. No one can love us like God does. But still we want to connect with other believers the best we can and help disciple each other since "iron sharpens iron." Dude I'm with you on spreading the Gospel to fellow Aspies. I don't see any ministries specifically going in that direction and I'm praying for God to raise some people up and I'm praying for God to use me in whatever way I can be used. I'm not any different than any of you guys. I'm no "Aspie leader" at all. I want us all to get united though and find ways to minister to other Aspies. And I want Christian Aspies to know that God gave them this to show His power in the weaknesses He blessed us with. I appreciate your support man, your comment supports me right now. And I'll support you in whatever you do in this area. I hope we can all support each other under Christ and be living testimonies to the Gospel to the AS community and others with similar struggles. I do worry that the church isn't reaching out to people with disabilities too and there is serious neglect. Let's pray about God using us to change that! Oh yea brother, we have our place in His Kingdom for sure no matter what and this life will be over soon and we will be with Him for all eternity and that's what matters most. I'm so excited though to see how He will use us on this Earth though until then. Thank you SO MUCH for your comments man, you have been a huge blessing to me today!
I am 61 years old. Female. Waiting for diagnosis. Came to saving faith in my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, when I was 34 years old. All my life I have been crying out, "Lord, what is wrong with me?" It is only in the last 10 years that the Lord has slowly, inch by inch, revealed to me what that 'something' is. Every day my frustration, distress, confusion and rejection by others has brought me to a throne of grace and into a closer walk with my Saviour. I am as helpless as the day I was born without Him, and just as dependent. I can 'breathe' when I am alone in a way I cannot when others are around. I watch how others socialise and communicate and think it would be nice to do that - but I push everyone away - and breathe! I trust He doeth all things well and He has promised to perfect that which concerneth me. He knoweth the way that I take, and when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. He will never leave me nor forsake me - no, never! Dear Will, I share your longing to serve our Master and He has opened doors of opportunity for me to do so over the years in very modest ways - not because of what I am, but in spite of it. In spite of my difficulty in communicating, in spite of always seeking my own company (and His). You say all you have is your computer. That reminds me of a verse the Lord gave me many years ago: "And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand?" (Exodus 4:2). I find great difficulty communicating with others in the world - Christian and non-Christian alike. Aspergers is no respector of persons!! But I find it much easier to communicate through this medium - no face-to-face necessary. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might". Be encouraged my friend. No one said it was going to be easy. We have been blessed with a double trial - we are doubly 'strangers in a strange land'. Longing for fellowship but so often finding that it can only be found in the LORD Himself. What a sweet blessing that is in itself. I wouldn't change that for anything. Nearer my God to Thee; nearer to Thee Even though it be a cross that raiseth me, Still all my song will be, Nearer my God to Thee. ...wrote the hymn writer. Martin Luther penned these beautiful and encouraging words a long time ago - "Feelings come, and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of God, Naught else is worth believing. Though all my heart should feel condemned For want of some sweet token, There is One greater than my heart Whose Word cannot be broken. I'll trust in God's unchanging Word Till soul and body sever, For, though all things shall pass away, HIS WORD SHALL STAND FOR EVER!" "Lean not in thine own understanding, but in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." "For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole." We must wait on Him. He never makes mistakes, and He has not mistakes with us. May He fully sanctify the work of His hands in us. Coram Deo 3 John 2
I see this was posted years ago, but I'm inspired by your faith, brother. Thanks for posting! You may not see it, but uploading this video was a heroic thing to do. So many on this platform want to build up a brand and an audience. You are ministering to people through your weakness. I think Jesus would speak of you the way he did the widow: "“[T]his poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything-all she had to live on.” You are valued and loved in this struggle. Press on.
Thank you so very much for posting this. You are more of a blessing than you'll ever know. Please make more videos concerning being a Christian with Aspergers.
Thank you for your honesty and may God bless you as much as your video blessed me. I was diagnosed with Asperger's a few months back - after 47yrs, I always knew I was different, but now I am asking God what he wants me to do with the difference to bless others.
The Lord Bless you brother, I was in a special needs class growing up, and when I was younger, I was picked up by my mother, by having me looking her in the eyes, I am know 45. I have always struggled greatly in maintaining friendships. I am waiting for a diagnosis in the coming weeks. I commiserate with your standing, and I pray the Lord will strengthen you build you up through him. I have recently moved home and am living by myself, and living by myself, which I am finding a challenge, I pray for you brother in our Lord Jesus Christ
Will, that was a beautiful video and I'm glad that you listened to God's leading's to do it despite your apprehension. While watching this, it was like looking in a mirror. I was diagnosed with Asperger's about five months ago, so this is very new to me, although looking back on my life, I can see it all over. I've been a Christian for many, many years, but I have never really felt "close" to God. I've accepted Jesus' gift of salvation, but I still have a hard time feeling Him, or knowing what to do with my spiritual life. Just wanted to say that I really appreciate this video and thanks for it!
My husband has As. We are Christians too. Thank you for sharing such as personal and touching story of your life. So much of what you say about yourself sounds like my husband who recently been self diagnosed he is around the same age as you. I will pray for you brother in Christ!
You are a blessing to us as grandparents to a grandson with aspergers. What an awesome inspiring video for Christians!!! You are glorifying God greatly making your suffering a blessing for many with your thorn in the flesh. You give hope. Never give up. Always persevere. You are an inspiration for ALL. Not just for aspies. You give me hope as one suffering with depression. I feel isolated and insecure and have for years since childhood. I know the loneliness and feeling of never fitting in. You make us humble. Thank you and God bless.
Brother, I applaud you for getting in front of the camera. This is something I'm working towards as well and overcoming self-hate and unrefined criticism from others and the pain of being misunderstood. It is difficult being a Christian with AS but it is true that, in our weakness, He is made strong (2 Corinthians 12:9-11). I even have a hard time fellowshipping with other Christians in the church because many don't care about Biblical unity and true fellowship to those "outsiders" (from experience) and when I do tell them about having AS, as many Christians do not believe me, even with the diagnosis because they believe that everyone is "quirky or awkward" and Asperger's is a "sin" or the quirks that come with it can be overcome with practice, etc. I've had terrible things said to me by wolves in sheep's clothing in the Christian ministry who've attacked me for being quiet and observant and were saying that I was demon possessed and a liar because I rarely made eye contact. Many, many wounds with the church, but God heals, always. I have to always remind myself that it is not people that we seek to please or conform to, but we conform to the image of Christ and seek to please Him. We can continue to thank God for this weakness; I notice in my life that struggling with not "fitting in" with the body and the lack of unity with the church hurts me as well but I pray that you find a community of people who understand you and seek to respect and see God's glory in you. This is all us Christian Aspies want, is for God to be glorified through how He created us. Never anything of ourselves. Yet so few people care to truly get to know us as people. They would be shocked if they got to know you, no doubt. I will be praying for true, compassionate and loving individuals in Christ to come alongside you in your walk. God bless.
+ProtegéJoy286 Oh man, that hit's close to home, thank you for the comment. I've been in bad church's before and they told me I wasn't being social because I only cared about myself but they didn't understand how I had these walls built up around me I guess to protect me because of so much bullying as a child (among other things).. I'm loving that verse though right now about Him using our weaknesses. This is why I hope we can unify more in the Christian disability World because I struggled to find even a friend who both was a Christian and had Aspergers or any other disability. There's no one in my church of I know that has a disability. Thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement brother, God bless you!
I'm a Christian Nurotypical, and have faced those same criticism's from other Christian's as well! Sadly, it is true to say, that some times we see the splinter in other people's eye, before the log in or own. In my own experience, I have met so many people who have left the church and walked away from Jesus, because of the way they feel they were treated, received, or judged by others there. I'd say it true, that we would expect to feel the most at home, and safe, in that space. So, it hurt's all that much more when we see hypocrisy, judgement in the name of accountability and so on. I was a retired Marine Sniper, single at the time, no children, and felt rejected as soon as people sized me up, and saw I was not what they perceived as "One of them"! I felt unwelcome, and longed to fellowship with them, but felt they did not want me around. I thought, "If I am to spend eternity with these people, yet cannot even fellowship with them here, how will I ever be welcome in Heaven? I am now the spouse of an Aspie wife, and though our marriage has its challenges, I know it was God's will we met. 1 week before having been introduced to her, I wrote a letter (simply putting down on paper my frustration with having been alone, now retired at 41 years old, and praying to Jesus in regards to what kind of women I was praying for). I wrote all the attributes of loyalty, kindness, innocence, Christian, non argumentative, and so on. A friend at Church asked to read my letter, and after having done so, him, his wife and 6 children were in tears. They were so moved by my honesty, and desire to seek God in this matter. Two days later, my friend introduced me to my wife Michelle (which is the feminine derivative name, from the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?") . She is all of the things I asked God for! I did not know that God would give me an Aspie wife, but when I said I would seek after Him in my marriage, and through our faith be One with each other, He held me accountable! He gave me exactly what I asked for, though I had no idea what I was in for! God knows, what we, do not, and as He said, "He will never give us more than we can handle"! What I see and hear in your video, is A CHILD OF GOD! MADE IN HIS IMAGE! We know He does not make mistakes, and you are special, because He chose YOU to be! He then cared so much for you, that He seek'ed after you, so that you would come to know Him! Please know, that they're many at Church, that feel anxious, or "If they only knew", or "I don't belong here"! I have prayed for help in this over the years , and Jesus showed me through others testimonials, just how they too, felt different, ashamed or fearful of rejection. It is Satan, that lies to us, and tells us these things! Thank you for encouraging me today with your video! See you someday in our Father's Kingdom!
Thanks for writing and sharing TCA. I'm on the Autism spectrum, age -- late 50s; and also have a HUGE interest in Autism and the Christian faith (as well as trauma). fyi: Rick Warren's church, Saddleback, has launched a HUGE initiative on Disabilities and the Church, after the loss (to suicide) of his believing son (in his late 20s.) Blessings! nj / toronto
I have a few videos, and they are based off of my blog, AspergersPlusChristian.blogspot.com You're right, there is not much web content geared for Christians with Asperger's. I was happy to find your testimony here.
God bless you, Will! Thanks for sharing. I said a prayer for you. Also, you can start your own support group online if you are having trouble finding what you need. I hope you are closer to making a living and finding God's unique purpose just for you. You are an inspiration and a blessing! See you in the air!
When I was a toddler, I was dianosed with Autism because I didn't talked much. In elementary school, I was dianosed with Asperger's. I would stay away from other people, have poor social skills, have a hard time controling my words, I would sometimes shake my hands, and people would see me as a weirdo. I am also a Christian. My parents would tell my brothers and me Bible stories. I would listen to Christian music in my homes and our vechiles. My parents, my brothers and would pray before eating, pray in the vechiles, and pray before sleeping. My family and I would go to different churches. I would watch Christian cartoons and Christian movies. When I was young, I would have nightmares and that made me pray by myself. From January 3, 2005 to April 3, 2008, I read through my first Bible (ICB); it was a struggle, but I finished it. I got baptized when I was 17. In 1997, I was ran-over by a car, but I surrendered. In 2009, I went through depression, aniexty, fear, and insanity over the sin of blasphemy. I couldn't eat (I would sometimes vomit my meals) couldn't sleep (I would sometimes wake up scared). I would sucidial thoughts and I would hear the voices of demons in my head tormenting me one or more times. I would sometimes miss high school and my parents would take me out of school. I would twitch my head sometimes. But God helped me. One day, I watching TBN and I saw Isaiah 43:25 and it comforted me. One day in my math class high school, I was having a meltdown, and a newly made Christian friend of mine showed Jeremiah 29:11 in his Bible and it comforted me. One night, I saw laying on my bed thinking, then the number 54 came to my head, I went to my Bible, read Psalms 54 and verse 4 comforted me. I got better. I play three kinds of shofars (trumpet horns), I distribute Gospel tracts, I sometimes wear Christian clothing, I sometimes street preach, preach to the youth, preached to my music group once, go to youth retreats, preach on Facebook, Twitter, and sometimes on RUclips, I serve in my church as a musician, evangelist, and usher, and I sometimes have dreams with Bible verses. In 2016 at a youth retreat, God said to me through a pastor from Spain "You were dispised and looked down upon when you were younger. But I have set you apart because you are unique. Don't let others stop you from preaching, because I have placed a spirit of evangelism in you."
Will you have blessed me immensely with this video. God is definitely glorified through this! Maybe you and I should start a new Facebook community for Christians with Asperger's? I look forward to more posts. You are fearfully and wonderfully made! Much love.
+TheRealPitchWhite That means a lot, it REALLY does. First I have never had the belief that I could help anyone with anything, especially in a Christian way (always scared to talk about my faith because of conflict). So you saying that one word makes the video 1000x worth doing to me. And second...I've done so many wrong things to try and fix myself in these 33 years it's a very long and crazy story and I might never even tell it. But to think that I could actually give glory to God....seriously brings me to tears. To think I actually do have a purpose and I'm on God's team and I have support at all is so much. My email is wmcunningham82@gmail.com btw. These were only a few RUclips video's and I didn't know if anyone would look at them so I still haven't been looking much until now. Much love right back though, seriously.
Really grateful that I found this video. I'm a guy about the same age as you, and with a very similar story in a lot of ways. Learned about Asperger's only a few years ago, but my whole life made a lot more sense in light of it. I was feeling especially discouraged today, due to a long struggle to find fellowship with other believers, without success so far. I can't say it's all better now, but it means a lot to find other people who deal with the same things (to an extent, tho everyone's struggles are unique) from a Christian perspective. I hope to hear more from you in the future.
I'm really glad I came across you video, I have aspergers and finding you is pretty awesome, I hope to find more...like people like you who will open a door and talk about it.Praise Jesus!! Amen!!
+Bluecheese VirtualWorlds_Keeper Thank you so much, it gives me so much joy and hope to feel like God used me to help anyone at all. If something I say leads a person to get in God's Word or helps them to know God can and will use them in great ways for Him I'm excited to put all my energy into it. God Bless you!
Thank you for creating and posting this video. I hope that it finds you well and continuing to serve God by sharing your story and walk with Christ. I am in a relationship with a guy who has Asperger's. I am active Christian and have been struggling with the faith component with the greatest concern that it will be absent in our relationship. I am have been vigorously seeking information about Asperger's to understand how best to support my boyfriend as our relationship grows. Though I don't know that our experience will ever be what I envisioned my church experience would look like in a relationship/marriage, your video gave me hope that God is in control and will direct how this all works for the both of us. I am glad I googled this subject today and found your video. Thank you again for sharing!
+sndvl9702 Thank you so much. I promise you God will work things to the good of those who love Him because He promises that in His Word. Seek Him with all of your might in prayer and meditating on His Word. I'm loving the "SOAPing" thing I started doing that I talked about in the new video I just made. God bless you, I'm praying for you and everyone else who has commented. Let's all pray for God's healing and blessing on the disabled community!
Thanks for taking the courage to make this clip. Like the man at the pool who couldn't walk, neither he nor his parents sinned, but he was healed so that the Father's Glory would be revealed. Please continue making them, I have the same struggles, but God always seems supply. Find encouragement and joy in your trials.
+Karen Lindley Thank you so much! I'm even better now. Before I couldn't even go to the store or look a person in the eye. Now I have two discipleship partners I meet with each week and we work on issues and study the Bible. I still have Asperger's but when that joy from God builds up it overshadows so much and God has been tearing down social walls I built up in my mind to protect myself from people. I still have a few up, (like talking with girls being terrifying!) but I'm very blessed. Thank you so much for praying for me :)
I'm commenting from my husbands account...THANK YOU. I felt led to do the same, made a video put it out and took it down same day. You were so faithful to do this. Inspired. I cut too as a teen and now have to explain the scars to my five daughters...and drank so much just to be able to socialize..it IS so hard to live for Christ with aspbergers. Aspies for Christ Unite!! :D you have my prayers and respect, brother. Please pray for me to have the humility you did to obey and serve like you have. My name is Rebekah. Also, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest a year ago, God saved me...have to have a second heart ablation shortly..am 32 homeschooling momma of five..prayers I make it safely through surgery would be appreciated by all. I'm only breathing by His Grace!! But aren't we all :)
Thankyou for you're videos, they are a great help. I struggle with trusting people, and trusting christians, but I do trust people with aspergers because they are more gentle and honest. Also I find people intimidating but you aren't at all. I think I have aspergers but I'm not sure all I know is that I'm different to everyone else. And feel alone often because I'm different and see things differently. Please be encouraged I'm so grateful you made this video. Nettie
+Nettie Maxted Trusting people is SO HARD for me because I guess as a child people in school realized they could use me for things. I was bullied a lot then used for my car when I turned 16. All I can say is it was a long and hard few decades but I'm seeing how God is using everything now. Thank you for your encouragement and just stay in His Word and cry out to Him about everything good and bad in your life. There's a lot of Christians who don't understand. All we can do is give people grace and love them and pray for them sometimes; being an example like Christ was and loving them as we would ourselves.
Thank you for sharing this, Will. My wife and I have a son who we think may have Asperger’s, and I haven’t known how to approach it as a Christian. Thank you so much for sharing your struggles. I pray that God continues to bless and encourage you. Soli deo gloria, Ted
Congratulations for your perseverance, obedience, in fighting for one of your mountains!!!! Be encouraged, keep it up, .... same message for me. You are of the key people in my life, really!!!!!
Thank you ! I believe my husband and teenage son has Aspergers and I have recently stopped attending my church due to my new very young pastor being so ctiyical and biased against my son. He loves the Lord and is very calm but is mistaken for cold and not an honest person. It has been difficult because they haven't been diagnosed . They don't know yet. A mentor if mine has an adult son who is 30 that has Aspergers and she recognized the symptoms. I don't know what's in our lives for the days ahead but just hearing your story Gives me understand on how difficult it is for them. Thank you and I will be praying for you. Amgela
+Angela Pope Yea that's so tough when people don't understand and love others like Jesus commanded. It takes time to understand people with different minds. But I wouldn't throw off church all together, I would pray for God to lead you to a good one that preaches Christ's gospel! I'm 33 and wasn't diagnosed until 3 years ago so I grew up very alone and bullied and then in my 20's people just thought I wasn't friendly but I really wanted friends, I just didn't know how to socialize (still learning, believe me!). Thank you so much for your prayers Angela, I will be praying for your husband and son! God Bless :)
I though I was the only one.I suffered from aspergers all of my life.I am 47 years old.I was diagnosed with it in 2005.Your story sounds similar to mine.
+Michael Lantz I know right? I thought I was the only one. I was in Asperger groups online then Christian groups but couldn't ever find one that had both. I'm praying that God does something where we can find some unity and support.
Hi Will how are you? I'm Ben also part of the family of Asperger's. I identify myself with you Will in quite a few areas in life and other dear people here in the comments. ☺ I found out I was Asperger's when I was 21 years old (it seemed like a long time for me). Thank you LORD for causing to across these dear 'heroes'! I PRAISE YOU, GLORIFY YOU, WORSHIP YOU for this. I am still going through severe doubts about my salvation, depression, suicidal thoughts, refusal to change for the better, inner self-destruction and so on!! I confess I have been playing with the LORD for a long time which is the worst thing to do so please as many of you pray more and more for my true deliverance of my inner self! You are all precious, special in your own way, etc!!! I joined the UK Autistic society's newsletter and started some surveys on the Syndrome and gave them my permission to use the results to help them reach out to Autistic's better over time, help them to some time ago which has been encouraging, a source of positivity, reassurance, ... . If any of you want to check it out please feel free at autistic-society.org.uk something like that (sorry). If you want to create contact here is my e-mail address: benjwillson@gmail.com. The invitation remains open, no pressure 😉. What are the name ('s) of Autistic/Asperger Syndrome Facebook groups and/or elsewhere please?
I know how you feel. i have Aspergers and i gave my heart to the Lord 3 years ago. I never through The Lord know about ASPERGERS. God Bless you AND keep praising The Lord AND doing what you are doing
+Austen Cobine Thank you so much! I really thought I was useless. I'm on fire right now with excitement that I could give even the tiniest of encouragement to anyone. God bless you :)
Hi there Will! I'm of Joy to come across your channel. I also have Apergers (I understand your affliction, as I have life-long symptoms of Apergers and Attention Deficit Disorder, which have been chronic and devastating. It became more debilitating around age 23-24, which was when I started smoking pot and drinking. I became a christian last year at age 27, and I now study end time bible prophecy. Seeing your video gives me great hope and assurance as a fellow Aspie Christian. Thanks for the video man, and remember that that we are the last generation and Jesus is Coming back to take us home after the Tribulation, and will keep us safe and guide us with his Spirit until his Second Coming.
I go through very similar circumstances and I say Amen to what you said my brother. The reason that you in my (opinion) is to bring us together. You are not alone in this my bother, and we should all unite in fellowship in and through Christ.
My son has apergers. We are Christians. You are right, there isn't enough info and support. I am feeling challenged as a momma to do something about this in my own church. My son HATES going to church but he LOVES Jesus dearly. It's a real struggle and I am looking for ways to lessen his pain. He has a really hard time dealing with things these days. He's 13 and his name is Brett. Please say a prayer for him and I am saying one for you. Keep Posting!
+Melly P yea, I hated going to church all the time I was a Christian and I worried that maybe I wasn't really a Christian and God didn't want me there. If you watch my newest video though He has set me free of so many things! I'm praying for Brett! Thank you for praying for me!
The Christian Aspie, I'm a Christian with aspergers too. It's high functioning autism, God just wired our brains differently we were born this way. Do lights hurt your eyes and can you only wear soft clothing like I do. Certain clothes make me itch or hurt me I can't wear pants or shorts with buttons or zippers they hurt. You should keep making videos I liked your video.
It's interesting that you brought this point up. I'm an aspie who hates dress shirts.. This brings up observations of social phenomenon that normal people don't recognize the reasoning for; such as why are men forced to wear them so often.
My greatest anxiety triggers are the (irrational?) overwhelming feelings that of my being doomed to damnation by default: from not knowing what is true prayer, having Asperger's, and NOT knowing which bible/faith is the true one. Am I already blessed or already doomed even before I was born? I know this post is somber but I hope it is a help just the same for all of you. I hope this act of posting i ssh another good work to add to (my?) book of life.
+Nancy Mattus Oh yea, I had many panic attacks that my sin was so bad I was going to hell. That's when I started to really understand grace. There's nothing we can do or not do to make Him love us anymore or any less. We shouldn't abuse God's grace to sin of course, but also not be legalistic and think anything we do can earn God's favor. I would encourage you to pray to God and admit where you are and try and read a book like the Gospel of John or Romans. Get in the Psalms, they are wonderful for depression and anxiety for me. Be encouraged and don't let the enemy tell you that you are doomed as long as you are trusting in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. I know it's hard to believe in the Bible because we grow up in societies that are so against it and cause us to question things and be skeptical. But I promise you this is very real.
This is a wonderful video, and so sincere. You have such a gift of speaking the truth and remembering the Word. I 'liked' some other comments below that I heartily agree with. I relate to what you're describing, with wanting to serve. I know as a Christian I am meant to serve but I don't know how to. Every way of serving seems to require being comfortable around people. I think there are a lot of really beautiful individuals in this world who feel unbearably uncomfortable in church. I'm going to make a goal to go to church regularly (maybe twice or three times a month) and to go to community group at least once a month. It can be difficult, but isolation is more dangerous than transparency (that is, transparency with trustworthy Christians). And long-term, my goal is to be a scientist and/or professor. I think that will allow me to grow and serve God's Kingdom.
This is a very good first video. We got to know a little bit about you, your history and your struggles with being a Christian with AS. I have many of the same struggles. I'm also discouraged by a lack of resources and support for us. Thank you for making this, I know it took incredible courage. And I'm looking forward to more.
+Dwayne Armstrong Thank you so much. I haven't checked this channel until today and just made a new video about some amazing things God did in my life in the past week. It was VERY hard to make those first ones but this past one wasn't that hard at all after God set me free from so many "Asperger social walls" that I had built up. I also was discouraged by the lack of resources but lets pray for those!
Thank you for posting this, man. I hope that things have improved in the past 3 years and I hope you've continued to grow in your walk with Christ. I relate all too well, I've known I've had aspergers all my life and I'm just now looking into it, researching, and trying to understand it myself.
Im the same brother I've overcome it have a good job but wasted half my life away.I have ADHD aspies depression aggression bi polar don't give up.u have to put itself in situations over and over again.don't get me wrong I'm still up and down with my moods
Hi Will, I am a fellow sister in Christ on the autism spectrum. High functioning/Aspergers. One of the hardest things is not having fellowship with other Christians who are on the Spectrum and having understanding people. I have researched the internet tons of times for fellowship opportunities with other individuals who are on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum. However I can find none.
I just found your video today, I a Christian and I Believe I am struggling with Asperger's, i have all the hallmark signs, i also struggle with Bi- polar disorder and PTSD. Im 37, and only figured all this out about three years ago. As the serenity prayer says, I pray God gives me and all of us who struggle with various syndromes, the serenity to accept who we are and courage to change what we can and the wisdom to know the difference God bless you brother you are a hero...
Hello good sir and fellow autistic or aspie if you prefer I only just started advocating for our people last year from within my church conowingo Baptist (we have a RUclips channel if you wish to check us out) but I would like to applaud you and you courage to tell the world "ya I'm autistic and Christian, but I know god made it to be that way" there needs to be more people like you in this twisted world that use their own disabilities to glorify our lord. I personally believe that we as autistics were specifically designed to further the gospel and glorify god in ways that not every one can. but anyhow I just wanna say keep it up and I know what you do will help further gods glory and help other autistics or aspies to follow along side us on the strait and narrow path, thank you and god bless you sir!
God bless you for being so open and honest. May Father God be glorified by your posting this. Please know that your honesty has encouraged me, just starting out on my aspie journey... it is REALLLLLY hard to find Christian Aspie adult groups... thank you and I will pray for you and all on here. Keep speaking God's Word, He loves us and sees us. His Word is Truth. Praying He fills you with His peace.
im a christian and on the autisic spectrum your not alone!!!!!!!! thank you for shariing we are all a abit different with any part of the spectrum like aspergers and high functing autism. i use to self harm and i back slid some and when into a hospital for help i am not medicated but when i have a lot of stresses in life i find soicalising and mixing very hard. i find it hard to consertrate with my sensory issues you sit in church a hour or so then you have to change to here folk talking i not been church for a while but i am saved i no God wont heal me either i do not no why either. i try a lot. but it is hard i can not keep a job either. you are serving Christ by doing this vidio. i enjoy public slpeaking and i was only dinosed age 40 and 7 years on i can do it i try to help other be more areare of the issues we face as a christian. even light touch hurts me
Thank you for the video. I have been diagnosed with Asperger's around the age of 18. I am now 25 with no job or college education. I have been walking backwards in my walk with Christ, especially this year, and I have been struggling to claw my way back to the child like-ness that Jesus demands of everyone. I let myself be consumed by the how's and why's of Christianity to the point that it started turning into a legalistic religion. I can't even read the Bible by myself without turning many verses against myself. My views of Jesus have even been affected as they aren't as pure as they should be now. I took an interest in apologetics this year and have watched/read many debates only for them to drastically rock my faith. All I can do is pray to God to not let me go as I struggle to find my place in this world again.
Jesus is patient. He isn't demanding you to be perfect. He understands what you are going through and He blessed you with Asperger's for a special reason that will benefit you and also give Him glory in the end. Hang in there buddy, I'm with you :)
+The Christian Aspie My mom was the one who linked me this video through email in hopes of helping me out and give me things to think about. I have learned a lot about things I once thought to be fictional thanks to the Bible belt in which I live. It is the things I've come to believe are real that for the last two months caused me great grief, and I could do nothing but pray and weep in bed. We can go into that more if you want, but for now I'll refrain. Anyway, I have no friends, so this video helped me out knowing there is someone else out there I can relate to. I don't know where you stand in life right now, but I'll have you know that judging from the little I've seen, you'd be the kind of person anyone should be proud of having.
You are wise and humble, brother! I just found your videos and I hope you continue to create them. So nice to listen your thoughts and I understand you well. God bless!!
Genuinely I’m very thankful for your video. I have a son who is 5 and he is high functioning/aspergers ... I sometimes don’t think too much about how he will be in the future, I’m truly hoping God will for sure reveal his will for HIM. I somehow through my son felt I may have also have some autistic behaviors but when I observe others it seems they do too. I know the more I’ve Gotten to Know Christ I find my identity in HIM. He has change my prayer life. I don’t think no one use to pray for me as child , so I cover my son in prayer. I struggle with his sensory issues when it comes to food. I know God heals... people who show love and care to others with developmental delays... Blossom . I’m learning to not convey my stress on my child. I am learning through him. I’m leading him to find That besides me there is a greater higher love Christ has for him. And he gains confidence in that. Please keep posting videos. Do videos of revelations which I’m sure God is given You.
I will pray that God will heal you and make you whole and understand something I'm 68 and disabled and I still trust the Lord with all my heart soul and mind and strength
I am a Christian with aspergers as well, if only i could start a church or group together of Christians with aspergers. But how would i find fellow Christian aspies? If it is God's will then he will make a way though it seems impossible. I relate to you so much bro.
Thank you for doing this video. It is hard to be on camera. Thank you for reciting the word to me and teaching me. Your honest true words made me cry. Consider me a friend. Youre cool, man. God has smiled on you more than you know... ♡ we all feel so similar. I just love how you recite the word and are thankful! Love always.
I really love your video, God bless you for what you do. As an autistic Christian I sometimes have hard times with social situations-even in church. I may not worship like or sing like other people-I may not go inside the auditorium (sensory overloads)-I have done it once and it kept making me hide in corners. As a teen even I hanged out with the wrong crowd and hated myself a million times-somehow The Lord helped me-I can’t describe. But I still believe in God and Christ and that He died for me and that His second coming is important. And even though I don’t listen to praise hymns like Hillsong or songs like Amazing Grace-I may listen to other music like Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, Day of Fire, Starset and Pillar-I just listen to them without getting the meaning of their song. I just listen to them because I just like it. I like animals-even legendary based animals (Phoenix, gryphons, Pegasus, unicorns, dragons, mermaids)-I don’t treat them as a godly idol, it’s just a interest-it’s the same way I like my Marvel and DC heroes like Batman, Superman, Flash, Spider-Man, Thor,Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Black widow, X-Men and the same way I like Transformers and Star Wars and dinosaurs. But I still believe Christ is the real deal-the real I would refer calling Him Great King or superhero.
Good to know I’m not alone I’ve been struggling with getting a job as well and hopefully god blesses me with one soon. I really need to move out narcissist mothers are the worse
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions ... You talk a lot about that having aspergers is a burden ... But at the same time God gave us an immense passion and desire to do well in the thing that interests us - therefore it is a miraculous gift and an incredibly different and unique perspective of the world around us ... If you don't feel comfortable in church just try to connect with God in another situation / environment for example nature or talking to one close friend ! I myself have experienced that autism/ aspergers can either break you or make life amazing - we must chose and the choice is oftentimes very hard ... I also wouldn't consider aspergers a sin - it's just different - that doesn't mean that God loves you less or sees you as a lesser person, in my opinion !
I am a Christian and also suffer from Aspergers as well as being legally blind. It is a daily battle for me. I know exactly how you feel and really have no friends except for one and he to is getting distant as he carries on with his life. While I am stuck in the same to same daily life longing to not be single but to be married. So many like my self are diagnosed with add when it’s not add we have and is something completely opposite
Will I went through the identity thing and I only know who I am in Christ ..All that matters is what Jesus thinks about us. Will you are not alone and now you have a new friend ...Me no one knows I have ASD and I never fit in either. I’m not wasting my time ever to see a doctor..I’m like you I am just finding out I have it. Even in Church growing up people made fun of me. I love you brother and hang in there o.k
My Christian brothers and sisters tell me that my AS comes from the devil and GOD wants to heal me completely of it. But i see AS as a gift from GOD. And GOD doesnt want to heal people of AS cause its a gift from him.
Your siblings are ignorant. Forgive them. AS comes with a lot of challenges, like making friends, dealing with stress and emotions, and just the outside world in general. But just remember something: Jesus, in His own way, was very much like an Aspie (not in a literal sense, though--He can't really be described with human diagnoses). He had to put up with a world that just didn't understand Him. He had to get used to the fact that He was just different from everyone else, and like us Aspies He didn't "get" human society, so full of sin and deceit (not that an Aspie society would be any better--we'd have our own issues). He was perfect, and too good for all of them. But He humbled Himself anyway, even though everyone else was basically an idiot compared to Him. I've felt that way so many times, and I'll just say I wasn't exactly humble about my gifts in the past. I felt that something was wrong with everyone else, and that I was the "normal" one. But just like an Aspie, Jesus felt lonely, isolated, was bullied, was betrayed and lied to, and suffered so much in life just for thinking differently from everyone else. I think Jesus reflects virtually any possible human life experience, in some way--He felt everything that He needed to, every negative emotion and the weight of every sin, so that we wouldn't have to. Just remember that Jesus and many other people--Christian or otherwise--have gone through some of the same things you may be going through right now, or used to experience. And unlike so many other "disabilities", AS comes with so many gifts. I think that maybe every Aspie should try and manage themselves with social skills--just so that they can get by and be able to talk and interact with people when they need to. But learning social stuff like that won't "cure" you, and you're right, we don't need cures. We just need some understanding, respect, acceptance, and of course, love. And I found that love through Jesus Christ, and now it's because of Him and what He wants to do with me that I feel like I need to learn social skills. I'd love to show everyone what God can do with someone with my condition, but it's not how I want to be defined. If your siblings keep bothering you about this, just remember what I said and remember all this. You might need some "healing" if you're socially awkward, for example, or if you were like I once was and let your introversion make you bitter and cynical. But everyone sins, and everyone has something about them that makes them less than perfect. For me, I'll admit that my AS made me predisposed to certain sins. The Christian Aspie said he turned to drinking to try and make himself less lonely (drinking isn't a sin, but getting drunk and knowingly harming yourself is), for example. Our sins and weaknesses just tend to come with our condition, but even then there's great variability. No two Aspies are alike in terms of what they struggle with, but the factors that lead them to these issues are very similar. So just pray that God will heal you from the bad qualities you may have acquired from AS, and that the good ones (and there's plenty of good) will be substantiated. You'll find that even if you have AS, you don't have to be defined as awkward, nerdy, lonely, or any other negative quality we get stuck with so long as you let Christ run your life. It's easier said than done sometimes, but keep at it and you can show those "neurotypicals" how much God values you.
+James Langley Yea it's a gift from God. God shows His strength in our weakness so that people will know that the good things are coming by His strength and not our own.
I am married to a Christian Aspie, and like you, he did not find out until his 30's about his Asperger's. Your video is very inspirational. Do you have any Bible study tips that worked for you that might work for my Husband? Also, I have a couple of personal questions, if you do not mind answering them. Do you as an Aspie Christian "feel" the presence of the Holy Spirit, and if so, will you describe your experience? My husband doesn't doubt his salvation in the least (and neither do I); however, he is uncertain about how the Holy Spirit is supposed to feel. Everything I have described of my experience, he says he has not felt, and I explained that it is different for everyone. Thanks for your obedience to share your insight, and I hope that you start posting more videos.
This weekend I went to a Seer Conference and his name is Dr Reg Moria and he was healed of aspergers, OCD and severe anxiety. God did it and prays for people w AS. His wife is a clinical psychologist but he still had aspie behaviors but is healed. He received it with a revelation of Jesus. I’m so so very sorry you have suffered so much. Ensure you take “methylated folate” most or all aspies have mthfr deficiency. A product called: “Methylation complete” is a supplement that would help you very much to feel relief from anxiety. I pray you are doing well! 🙏🏻👑❤️☀️
Shalom and Peace to you! I pray you are doing well! God loves you and thank you for uploading this. Know that God doesn’t have any sickness in heaven is just a fallen world ... he didn’t give you AS. The devil did because he came to steal and destroy. Thank you for sharing your heart regarding needing alcohol to calm your nervous. I’m so very sorry you were bullied. I pray God’s love and affirmation is on you and over you! Write down and ponder and read aloud Matthew 4:23 ... ❤️
Please email me at wmcunningham82@gmail.com if you want to talk about autism or aspergers or Jesus. I'm down to walk with any of you who are afflicted and in pain and need help going forward. We need each other. Please email me because I don't check this channel much since it was just a few video's I made. I'd love to connect with you guys more.
+Jacob Carter If you have Jesus then we both have the same power in us! Anything "good" I ever do is Him working through my weakness. You aren't worthless, you can do all things through Him if you trust Him!
I've gathered resources regarding Asperger's traits especially for Christians. aspergerspluschristian.blogspot.com/p/resources.html I hope these resources will help both you and your subscribers, Will.
I understand all that you are saying . God has put me I. Counsel with a woman's that has taught me much I. The topic. But I am called to a ministry of deliverance of mental health issues and I am compelled to come against this in the band of Jesus! Demons will flee. Even the ones behind neurological disorders.
Might I suggest you be careful 'typing' in this direction dear Angela? Autism is a different kind of neurology (brain pattern) than non-Autistics. And it certainly has its challenges, yes. It also, often, comes bearing an INCREDIBLE GIFT in it. As I listen to this video (for example at the 7 minute mark) I hear something "beyond" precious. A weak vessel who knows a precious dependence on Christ. I'm not saying God can't or shouldn't heal as ASD person, if He's of the mind to. For sure. But please be careful dear sister, if your thought is that all Autism needs "deliverance" or is from the enemy. It simply isn't so. God bless you! sister N/ Toronto
No this God will work for you to give the gospel to other people with disabilities have faith in Jesus was able to do all things and she will give you the Holy Spirit
Be a Catholic. It is the one Church founded by Jesus and you will be much more comfortable. Fellowship is not forced on you, it is easier to be Catholic with Aspergers. You can sit in the back of the Church, you can go to Mass when few people are there, you can just go and be alone with the Blessed Sacrament. Congratulations on making this video, I know how hard it is.
I apologize for taking so long to reply to you guys. When I made this I honestly didn't think anyone would even watch it so I forgot about it until this morning! It's been a rough spiritual battle since I made this and God has overcome so much darkness in my life that was still hovering around me but now I'm hearing His Spirit speaking through His Word like never before. I'm praying for all of you and thank you all so much for the encouraging messages, they helped make me realize I'm not useless and God can and will use me no matter how broken and messed up my life has been. I love you all and God Bless you!!!
The Christian Aspie I forgive you Brother Will. I am also a Christian with Asperger's.
I have aspergers and I am a Christian too, I follow our savior Jesus of Nazareth... Love to you for doing this, glory to God your voice is nice
Function, will, law, and sacrifice. Sacrificing the law will Function.
Will law sacrifice Function? The law of sacrifice functions the will. The sacrifice of Function wills the Law.
Will sacrifice law a Function? Functioning laws sacrifice the will.
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Since the Law of Sacrifice functions the Law and sacrificing the Law wills the Function. Both Function and Dysfunction equally obey the will.
Therefore you are not only forgiven. Thank you so very much for always obeying God.
Wow God is so smart!!! Regardless of how anything is done. He always gets the glory! ❤
Blessings at the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank God I found you! I'm a Christian with Asperger's, too. Most of the time it doesn't give me much trouble, but lately I've been in a period where, given my circumstances, I'm alone and depressed a lot. I've been getting better, but I haven't really found many Christians with Asperger's until now.
A lot of things were going on when my depression began, but basically I started feeling very lonely. I felt like my fellow Christians wouldn't understand my condition, or they wanted me to change so that I'd be more like them--change in ways that I wouldn't be able to. I also felt that even if I were to just go and find some more Aspies, they'd reject me for being a Christian. Most Aspies seem to be atheists, and while a lot of people would assume it has to do with God not being "rational" enough for their tastes, I think it just has to do with the fact that church communities don't know much about autism in general. Low-functioning autism is more noticeable, so that gets more sympathy, but we Aspies are just silently suffering, too shy to bring up our problems because we feel like we're surrounded by strangers. That was how I was in church for a long time, and I could never really get serious about my faith up until this depression.
One night, though, as I was crying myself to sleep and feeling lost, I just sort of felt that God was there. I felt like something outside of me was trying to comfort me and tell me that everything was going to be all right.
I call this experience the "perfect hug". It's a hug with all the affection and love but without an over-stimulation of the senses. So in that sense it has to be a non-literal hug. Only God can give that perfect hug, I think. I had friends and family willing to love me, of course, but that night I finally realized just how deep God's love really is.
Before I had thought that I had needed a rational component to my faith. But like Pascal once said, God cannot be processed through the mind, only the heart (paraphrasing). While rationality is very important to us Aspies, an emotional aspect is really needed to have that relationship with Jesus Christ. I felt at first that since I had Asperger's I wouldn't be able to have that experience that other Christians had--the whole "let God into your heart" thing. But it happened without me even having to ask for it.
I don't know if you've had this experience, and if you haven't I don't really know how you can "ask" for it, but every Aspie, in my opinion, needs this perfect hug from the Holy Spirit. It's basically a hug from God that says, "I know you're different and strange, but I still love you. I love you even though you don't fit in, and I want to help you through every challenge in your life. You have a place in my plan for the world. I made you just the way you are." I know a lot of Aspies feel like they can't believe in God because they can't just believe in something they can't really see, but that's not the point. The point is that you believe in God because you realized that you were hopeless and no one could help you with your issues--not even yourself. So you turn to God and let Him heal you, and He gives you the love, peace, and acceptance that every human being craves--but Aspies especially so.
One good thing about being an Aspie is that I understand that as a Christian I'm sort of supposed to be an outcast. A lot of Christians are just Christians because it's just part of a community for them. Since a physical community means little to us Aspies, we already know what it's like to being alone. And since Earth is not our eternal home, we Aspies are correct when we think we're on the "wrong planet" :)
Still, I would love to meet other Christians with AS. They seem to be few and far between, and it's mainly because they turn away from the church. They either can't believe in God, or when they try and ask questions or doubt then nobody understands them, or they just can't find the acceptance they're looking for in the church, often because they don't really know how to speak and let everyone know how lonely they feel.
Only a few of my fellow Christians have been really helpful in this regard, but their support is nothing compared to God's love for me. Today and often I feel alone or depressed or scared, but I'm trying not to be.
One thing I really want to do is spread the Gospel to my fellow Aspies. They're just as sinful as everyone else, but sometimes the neurotypicals in church don't understand this. Sometimes something that they think is "sinful" is just an idiosyncrasy or a quirk of AS.
If churches just came to understood what autism was and stopped making assumptions about us then maybe more of us would be Christians.
I will gladly support you in any way I can, and I hope you can do the same for me as well, although I probably won't burden you much. The church needs Aspies--we're a very vital part of the body of Christ that often gets accidentally neglected.
I pray that even if we can't find our place in human society, we can find our place in God's kingdom--the good thing about God is that He is perfect and He already has a plan for us in mind, and He'll use us even though we're not perfect.
+Spencer Gage I'm glad I found you too! I love it when God brings people together who share in the same struggles. I know depression very well. I've dealt with it for over 15 years but God is really starting to overcome that with joy in my life. I thought I was the only Christian out there with Asperger's until I saw these comments on the video and I met one guy a while back who was.
I get the loneliness. People in church didn't (and most still don't) understand. And there are a lot of disorders out there and I feel like disabled people feel so different we do isolate ourselves. I was told my sin was causing the Asperger's by some. But I'm in a much better church now and a few people I'm explaining Asperger's to and they are slowly understanding better. I seriously thought God didn't want me in church and I was going to hell for a while.
Yep, I had mostly non-Christian friends growing up and I was terrified of being ridiculed because of my faith. I almost always kept that a secret but a few times I talked about it and I got mixed reactions. Yea, and with Aspergers like you say isn't as obvious as the lower functioning so it's hard for people to understand how we are different and just see us as shy or unfriendly when we really don't want to be like that.
Oh man that is beautiful about "the perfect hug"! Yes, God alone is the One who REALLY understand's us 100%. That's why we need to trust in Him first in all things and have Him lead us through this life. We can have family and friends but at the end of the day in bed and when we are alone it's just us and Jesus. I'm so happy to hear you experienced His love for you.
Ahh Pascal. Man I studied Philosophy and Theology for years trying to figure life out. I never got to read much Pascal but I have one of his main books though I should try and read. But that makes sense. We can try and rationalize all we want and there is some good classical apologetics but at the end it's being given a new heart in Christ and Him renewing our minds and that gift of faith He gives us. Yea man, I never "asked Jesus into my heart" He basically came into my life and became my best friend that I would talk to in isolation all those years.
I'm going to talk to God about that perfect hug man. I've struggled so much thinking God was punishing me for sin and that's what was wrong with me. I'm 33 now and wasn't even diagnosed with Aspergers until age 30 so I went a long time not knowing what was wrong and always thought God was upset with me and keeping me out of His church because of my sin. My heart right now is so deeply caring for the Autistic community. I know how lonely it can be and so dark for the believer.
Haha, yea man, I was on the forum Wrong Planet and I thought about that too that spiritually I really was on the "wrong planet"! Our true residence is in God's Kingdom brother!
I want to meet other Christians with AS too man. I'm excited people commented on the video I made. I hope we can try and have some sort of support group online at least so we know we aren't alone and there are others like us. But like you say God's love is #1 and what we should seek. No one can love us like God does. But still we want to connect with other believers the best we can and help disciple each other since "iron sharpens iron."
Dude I'm with you on spreading the Gospel to fellow Aspies. I don't see any ministries specifically going in that direction and I'm praying for God to raise some people up and I'm praying for God to use me in whatever way I can be used. I'm not any different than any of you guys. I'm no "Aspie leader" at all. I want us all to get united though and find ways to minister to other Aspies. And I want Christian Aspies to know that God gave them this to show His power in the weaknesses He blessed us with.
I appreciate your support man, your comment supports me right now. And I'll support you in whatever you do in this area. I hope we can all support each other under Christ and be living testimonies to the Gospel to the AS community and others with similar struggles. I do worry that the church isn't reaching out to people with disabilities too and there is serious neglect. Let's pray about God using us to change that!
Oh yea brother, we have our place in His Kingdom for sure no matter what and this life will be over soon and we will be with Him for all eternity and that's what matters most. I'm so excited though to see how He will use us on this Earth though until then.
Thank you SO MUCH for your comments man, you have been a huge blessing to me today!
Awesome thread you two. Way to go!! :-)
Yeah I understand I have ADHD and possibly aspergers.
God bless you.
I am 61 years old. Female. Waiting for diagnosis. Came to saving faith in my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, when I was 34 years old.
All my life I have been crying out, "Lord, what is wrong with me?" It is only in the last 10 years that the Lord has slowly, inch by inch, revealed to me what that 'something' is. Every day my frustration, distress, confusion and rejection by others has brought me to a throne of grace and into a closer walk with my Saviour. I am as helpless as the day I was born without Him, and just as dependent. I can 'breathe' when I am alone in a way I cannot when others are around. I watch how others socialise and communicate and think it would be nice to do that - but I push everyone away - and breathe!
I trust He doeth all things well and He has promised to perfect that which concerneth me. He knoweth the way that I take, and when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. He will never leave me nor forsake me - no, never!
Dear Will, I share your longing to serve our Master and He has opened doors of opportunity for me to do so over the years in very modest ways - not because of what I am, but in spite of it. In spite of my difficulty in communicating, in spite of always seeking my own company (and His).
You say all you have is your computer. That reminds me of a verse the Lord gave me many years ago: "And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand?" (Exodus 4:2). I find great difficulty communicating with others in the world - Christian and non-Christian alike. Aspergers is no respector of persons!! But I find it much easier to communicate through this medium - no face-to-face necessary. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might".
Be encouraged my friend. No one said it was going to be easy. We have been blessed with a double trial - we are doubly 'strangers in a strange land'. Longing for fellowship but so often finding that it can only be found in the LORD Himself. What a sweet blessing that is in itself. I wouldn't change that for anything.
Nearer my God to Thee; nearer to Thee
Even though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song will be,
Nearer my God to Thee.
...wrote the hymn writer.
Martin Luther penned these beautiful and encouraging words a long time ago -
"Feelings come, and feelings go,
And feelings are deceiving;
My warrant is the Word of God,
Naught else is worth believing.
Though all my heart should feel condemned
For want of some sweet token,
There is One greater than my heart
Whose Word cannot be broken.
I'll trust in God's unchanging Word
Till soul and body sever,
For, though all things shall pass away,
HIS WORD SHALL STAND FOR EVER!"
"Lean not in thine own understanding, but in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."
"For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole." We must wait on Him. He never makes mistakes, and He has not mistakes with us. May He fully sanctify the work of His hands in us.
Coram Deo
3 John 2
+CoramDeo Wow, that was such a beautiful post. That is so encouraging. Keep seeking Him and always remember He's working all things to our good!
I see this was posted years ago, but I'm inspired by your faith, brother. Thanks for posting! You may not see it, but uploading this video was a heroic thing to do. So many on this platform want to build up a brand and an audience. You are ministering to people through your weakness. I think Jesus would speak of you the way he did the widow: "“[T]his poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything-all she had to live on.” You are valued and loved in this struggle. Press on.
Thank you so very much for posting this. You are more of a blessing than you'll ever know. Please make more videos concerning being a Christian with Aspergers.
Man you are strong, God bless you
Thank you for your honesty and may God bless you as much as your video blessed me. I was diagnosed with Asperger's a few months back - after 47yrs, I always knew I was different, but now I am asking God what he wants me to do with the difference to bless others.
The Lord Bless you brother, I was in a special needs class growing up, and when I was younger, I was picked up by my mother, by having me looking her in the eyes, I am know 45. I have always struggled greatly in maintaining friendships. I am waiting for a diagnosis in the coming weeks. I commiserate with your standing, and I pray the Lord will strengthen you build you up through him. I have recently moved home and am living by myself, and living by myself, which I am finding a challenge, I pray for you brother in our Lord Jesus Christ
Bravo brother - we are a rare breed - this is a great start! God bless you!
Christopher Tamulevich Thanks for the encouragement, it is VERY MUCH needed!!!
You are courageous. I still can't do this YET. I plan to though. You inspire us to speak. Now speak with authority. God bless.
Will, that was a beautiful video and I'm glad that you listened to God's leading's to do it despite your apprehension. While watching this, it was like looking in a mirror. I was diagnosed with Asperger's about five months ago, so this is very new to me, although looking back on my life, I can see it all over. I've been a Christian for many, many years, but I have never really felt "close" to God. I've accepted Jesus' gift of salvation, but I still have a hard time feeling Him, or knowing what to do with my spiritual life. Just wanted to say that I really appreciate this video and thanks for it!
My husband has As. We are Christians too. Thank you for sharing such as personal and touching story of your life. So much of what you say about yourself sounds like my husband who recently been self diagnosed he is around the same age as you.
I will pray for you brother in Christ!
You are a blessing to us as grandparents to a grandson with aspergers. What an awesome inspiring video for Christians!!! You are glorifying God greatly making your suffering a blessing for many with your thorn in the flesh. You give hope. Never give up. Always persevere. You are an inspiration for ALL. Not just for aspies. You give me hope as one suffering with depression. I feel isolated and insecure and have for years since childhood. I know the loneliness and feeling of never fitting in. You make us humble. Thank you and God bless.
Brother,
I applaud you for getting in front of the camera. This is something I'm working towards as well and overcoming self-hate and unrefined criticism from others and the pain of being misunderstood. It is difficult being a Christian with AS but it is true that, in our weakness, He is made strong (2 Corinthians 12:9-11). I even have a hard time fellowshipping with other Christians in the church because many don't care about Biblical unity and true fellowship to those "outsiders" (from experience) and when I do tell them about having AS, as many Christians do not believe me, even with the diagnosis because they believe that everyone is "quirky or awkward" and Asperger's is a "sin" or the quirks that come with it can be overcome with practice, etc. I've had terrible things said to me by wolves in sheep's clothing in the Christian ministry who've attacked me for being quiet and observant and were saying that I was demon possessed and a liar because I rarely made eye contact.
Many, many wounds with the church, but God heals, always. I have to always remind myself that it is not people that we seek to please or conform to, but we conform to the image of Christ and seek to please Him.
We can continue to thank God for this weakness; I notice in my life that struggling with not "fitting in" with the body and the lack of unity with the church hurts me as well but I pray that you find a community of people who understand you and seek to respect and see God's glory in you. This is all us Christian Aspies want, is for God to be glorified through how He created us. Never anything of ourselves. Yet so few people care to truly get to know us as people. They would be shocked if they got to know you, no doubt. I will be praying for true, compassionate and loving individuals in Christ to come alongside you in your walk. God bless.
+ProtegéJoy286 Oh man, that hit's close to home, thank you for the comment. I've been in bad church's before and they told me I wasn't being social because I only cared about myself but they didn't understand how I had these walls built up around me I guess to protect me because of so much bullying as a child (among other things).. I'm loving that verse though right now about Him using our weaknesses. This is why I hope we can unify more in the Christian disability World because I struggled to find even a friend who both was a Christian and had Aspergers or any other disability. There's no one in my church of I know that has a disability.
Thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement brother, God bless you!
I'm a Christian Nurotypical, and have faced those same criticism's from other Christian's as well! Sadly, it is true to say, that some times we see the splinter in other people's eye, before the log in or own. In my own experience, I have met so many people who have left the church and walked away from Jesus, because of the way they feel they were treated, received, or judged by others there. I'd say it true, that we would expect to feel the most at home, and safe, in that space. So, it hurt's all that much more when we see hypocrisy, judgement in the name of accountability and so on. I was a retired Marine Sniper, single at the time, no children, and felt rejected as soon as people sized me up, and saw I was not what they perceived as "One of them"! I felt unwelcome, and longed to fellowship with them, but felt they did not want me around. I thought, "If I am to spend eternity with these people, yet cannot even fellowship with them here, how will I ever be welcome in Heaven? I am now the spouse of an Aspie wife, and though our marriage has its challenges, I know it was God's will we met. 1 week before having been introduced to her, I wrote a letter (simply putting down on paper my frustration with having been alone, now retired at 41 years old, and praying to Jesus in regards to what kind of women I was praying for). I wrote all the attributes of loyalty, kindness, innocence, Christian, non argumentative, and so on. A friend at Church asked to read my letter, and after having done so, him, his wife and 6 children were in tears. They were so moved by my honesty, and desire to seek God in this matter. Two days later, my friend introduced me to my wife Michelle (which is the feminine derivative name, from the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?") . She is all of the things I asked God for! I did not know that God would give me an Aspie wife, but when I said I would seek after Him in my marriage, and through our faith be One with each other, He held me accountable! He gave me exactly what I asked for, though I had no idea what I was in for! God knows, what we, do not, and as He said, "He will never give us more than we can handle"!
What I see and hear in your video, is A CHILD OF GOD! MADE IN HIS IMAGE! We know He does not make mistakes, and you are special, because He chose YOU to be! He then cared so much for you, that He seek'ed after you, so that you would come to know Him! Please know, that they're many at Church, that feel anxious, or "If they only knew", or "I don't belong here"! I have prayed for help in this over the years , and Jesus showed me through others testimonials, just how they too, felt different, ashamed or fearful of rejection. It is Satan, that lies to us, and tells us these things! Thank you for encouraging me today with your video! See you someday in our Father's Kingdom!
Thanks for writing and sharing TCA. I'm on the Autism spectrum, age -- late 50s; and also have a HUGE interest in Autism and the Christian faith (as well as trauma).
fyi: Rick Warren's church, Saddleback, has launched a HUGE initiative on Disabilities and the Church, after the loss (to suicide) of his believing son (in his late 20s.)
Blessings! nj / toronto
I'm a Christian with aspergers too. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
I have a few videos, and they are based off of my blog, AspergersPlusChristian.blogspot.com
You're right, there is not much web content geared for Christians with Asperger's. I was happy to find your testimony here.
God bless you, Will! Thanks for sharing. I said a prayer for you. Also, you can start your own support group online if you are having trouble finding what you need. I hope you are closer to making a living and finding God's unique purpose just for you. You are an inspiration and a blessing! See you in the air!
When I was a toddler, I was dianosed with Autism because I didn't talked much. In elementary school, I was dianosed with Asperger's. I would stay away from other people, have poor social skills, have a hard time controling my words, I would sometimes shake my hands, and people would see me as a weirdo. I am also a Christian. My parents would tell my brothers and me Bible stories. I would listen to Christian music in my homes and our vechiles. My parents, my brothers and would pray before eating, pray in the vechiles, and pray before sleeping. My family and I would go to different churches. I would watch Christian cartoons and Christian movies. When I was young, I would have nightmares and that made me pray by myself. From January 3, 2005 to April 3, 2008, I read through my first Bible (ICB); it was a struggle, but I finished it. I got baptized when I was 17. In 1997, I was ran-over by a car, but I surrendered. In 2009, I went through depression, aniexty, fear, and insanity over the sin of blasphemy. I couldn't eat (I would sometimes vomit my meals) couldn't sleep (I would sometimes wake up scared). I would sucidial thoughts and I would hear the voices of demons in my head tormenting me one or more times. I would sometimes miss high school and my parents would take me out of school. I would twitch my head sometimes. But God helped me. One day, I watching TBN and I saw Isaiah 43:25 and it comforted me. One day in my math class high school, I was having a meltdown, and a newly made Christian friend of mine showed Jeremiah 29:11 in his Bible and it comforted me. One night, I saw laying on my bed thinking, then the number 54 came to my head, I went to my Bible, read Psalms 54 and verse 4 comforted me. I got better. I play three kinds of shofars (trumpet horns), I distribute Gospel tracts, I sometimes wear Christian clothing, I sometimes street preach, preach to the youth, preached to my music group once, go to youth retreats, preach on Facebook, Twitter, and sometimes on RUclips, I serve in my church as a musician, evangelist, and usher, and I sometimes have dreams with Bible verses. In 2016 at a youth retreat, God said to me through a pastor from Spain "You were dispised and looked down upon when you were younger. But I have set you apart because you are unique. Don't let others stop you from preaching, because I have placed a spirit of evangelism in you."
thank you for making this video!💗
Will you have blessed me immensely with this video. God is definitely glorified through this! Maybe you and I should start a new Facebook community for Christians with Asperger's? I look forward to more posts. You are fearfully and wonderfully made! Much love.
+TheRealPitchWhite That means a lot, it REALLY does. First I have never had the belief that I could help anyone with anything, especially in a Christian way (always scared to talk about my faith because of conflict). So you saying that one word makes the video 1000x worth doing to me. And second...I've done so many wrong things to try and fix myself in these 33 years it's a very long and crazy story and I might never even tell it. But to think that I could actually give glory to God....seriously brings me to tears. To think I actually do have a purpose and I'm on God's team and I have support at all is so much. My email is wmcunningham82@gmail.com btw. These were only a few RUclips video's and I didn't know if anyone would look at them so I still haven't been looking much until now. Much love right back though, seriously.
The Christian Aspie Thank you for being the truth of Christ with an Aspie heart
Really grateful that I found this video. I'm a guy about the same age as you, and with a very similar story in a lot of ways. Learned about Asperger's only a few years ago, but my whole life made a lot more sense in light of it. I was feeling especially discouraged today, due to a long struggle to find fellowship with other believers, without success so far. I can't say it's all better now, but it means a lot to find other people who deal with the same things (to an extent, tho everyone's struggles are unique) from a Christian perspective. I hope to hear more from you in the future.
I'm really glad I came across you video, I have aspergers and finding you is pretty awesome, I hope to find more...like people like you who will open a door and talk about it.Praise Jesus!! Amen!!
+Bluecheese VirtualWorlds_Keeper Thank you so much, it gives me so much joy and hope to feel like God used me to help anyone at all. If something I say leads a person to get in God's Word or helps them to know God can and will use them in great ways for Him I'm excited to put all my energy into it. God Bless you!
Thank you for creating and posting this video. I hope that it finds you well and continuing to serve God by sharing your story and walk with Christ. I am in a relationship with a guy who has Asperger's. I am active Christian and have been struggling with the faith component with the greatest concern that it will be absent in our relationship. I am have been vigorously seeking information about Asperger's to understand how best to support my boyfriend as our relationship grows. Though I don't know that our experience will ever be what I envisioned my church experience would look like in a relationship/marriage, your video gave me hope that God is in control and will direct how this all works for the both of us. I am glad I googled this subject today and found your video. Thank you again for sharing!
+sndvl9702 Thank you so much. I promise you God will work things to the good of those who love Him because He promises that in His Word. Seek Him with all of your might in prayer and meditating on His Word. I'm loving the "SOAPing" thing I started doing that I talked about in the new video I just made. God bless you, I'm praying for you and everyone else who has commented. Let's all pray for God's healing and blessing on the disabled community!
Thanks for taking the courage to make this clip. Like the man at the pool who couldn't walk, neither he nor his parents sinned, but he was healed so that the Father's Glory would be revealed. Please continue making them, I have the same struggles, but God always seems supply. Find encouragement and joy in your trials.
So proud of you.... I'll keep you in my prayers!! What a brave thing to do!
+Karen Lindley Thank you so much! I'm even better now. Before I couldn't even go to the store or look a person in the eye. Now I have two discipleship partners I meet with each week and we work on issues and study the Bible. I still have Asperger's but when that joy from God builds up it overshadows so much and God has been tearing down social walls I built up in my mind to protect myself from people. I still have a few up, (like talking with girls being terrifying!) but I'm very blessed. Thank you so much for praying for me :)
I'm commenting from my husbands account...THANK YOU. I felt led to do the same, made a video put it out and took it down same day. You were so faithful to do this. Inspired. I cut too as a teen and now have to explain the scars to my five daughters...and drank so much just to be able to socialize..it IS so hard to live for Christ with aspbergers. Aspies for Christ Unite!! :D you have my prayers and respect, brother. Please pray for me to have the humility you did to obey and serve like you have. My name is Rebekah. Also, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest a year ago, God saved me...have to have a second heart ablation shortly..am 32 homeschooling momma of five..prayers I make it safely through surgery would be appreciated by all. I'm only breathing by His Grace!! But aren't we all :)
Thankyou for you're videos, they are a great help. I struggle with trusting people, and trusting christians, but I do trust people with aspergers because they are more gentle and honest. Also I find people intimidating but you aren't at all. I think I have aspergers but I'm not sure all I know is that I'm different to everyone else. And feel alone often because I'm different and see things differently. Please be encouraged I'm so grateful you made this video. Nettie
+Nettie Maxted Trusting people is SO HARD for me because I guess as a child people in school realized they could use me for things. I was bullied a lot then used for my car when I turned 16. All I can say is it was a long and hard few decades but I'm seeing how God is using everything now. Thank you for your encouragement and just stay in His Word and cry out to Him about everything good and bad in your life. There's a lot of Christians who don't understand. All we can do is give people grace and love them and pray for them sometimes; being an example like Christ was and loving them as we would ourselves.
Thank you for sharing this, Will. My wife and I have a son who we think may have Asperger’s, and I haven’t known how to approach it as a Christian. Thank you so much for sharing your struggles. I pray that God continues to bless and encourage you.
Soli deo gloria,
Ted
Congratulations for your perseverance, obedience, in fighting for one of your mountains!!!! Be encouraged, keep it up, .... same message for me. You are of the key people in my life, really!!!!!
Thank you ! I believe my husband and teenage son has Aspergers and I have recently stopped attending my church due to my new very young pastor being so ctiyical and biased against my son. He loves the Lord and is very calm but is mistaken for cold and not an honest person. It has been difficult because they haven't been diagnosed . They don't know yet. A mentor if mine has an adult son who is 30 that has Aspergers and she recognized the symptoms. I don't know what's in our lives for the days ahead but just hearing your story Gives me understand on how difficult it is for them. Thank you and I will be praying for you. Amgela
+Angela Pope Yea that's so tough when people don't understand and love others like Jesus commanded. It takes time to understand people with different minds. But I wouldn't throw off church all together, I would pray for God to lead you to a good one that preaches Christ's gospel! I'm 33 and wasn't diagnosed until 3 years ago so I grew up very alone and bullied and then in my 20's people just thought I wasn't friendly but I really wanted friends, I just didn't know how to socialize (still learning, believe me!).
Thank you so much for your prayers Angela, I will be praying for your husband and son! God Bless :)
I though I was the only one.I suffered from aspergers all of my life.I am 47 years old.I was diagnosed with it in 2005.Your story sounds similar to mine.
+Michael Lantz I know right? I thought I was the only one. I was in Asperger groups online then Christian groups but couldn't ever find one that had both. I'm praying that God does something where we can find some unity and support.
I understand aspergers because i was diagnosed last year, thanks for making the video
Hi Will how are you?
I'm Ben also part of the family of Asperger's. I identify myself with you Will in quite a few areas in life and other dear people here in the comments. ☺ I found out I was Asperger's when I was 21 years old (it seemed like a long time for me). Thank you LORD for causing to across these dear 'heroes'! I PRAISE YOU, GLORIFY YOU, WORSHIP YOU for this. I am still going through severe doubts about my salvation, depression, suicidal thoughts, refusal to change for the better, inner self-destruction and so on!! I confess I have been playing with the LORD for a long time which is the worst thing to do so please as many of you pray more and more for my true deliverance of my inner self! You are all precious, special in your own way, etc!!!
I joined the UK Autistic society's newsletter and started some surveys on the Syndrome and gave them my permission to use the results to help them reach out to Autistic's better over time, help them to some time ago which has been encouraging, a source of positivity, reassurance, ... . If any of you want to check it out please feel free at
autistic-society.org.uk something like that (sorry).
If you want to create contact here is my e-mail address:
benjwillson@gmail.com. The invitation remains open, no pressure 😉.
What are the name ('s) of Autistic/Asperger Syndrome Facebook groups and/or elsewhere please?
I know how you feel. i have Aspergers and i gave my heart to the Lord 3 years ago. I never through The Lord know about ASPERGERS. God Bless you AND keep praising The Lord AND doing what you are doing
You already are serving God by doing this video in my opinion and god bless and may you find peace and happines in Christ
+Austen Cobine Thank you so much! I really thought I was useless. I'm on fire right now with excitement that I could give even the tiniest of encouragement to anyone. God bless you :)
Amen God bless and keep on fighting
Hi there Will! I'm of Joy to come across your channel. I also have Apergers (I understand your affliction, as I have life-long symptoms of Apergers and Attention Deficit Disorder, which have been chronic and devastating. It became more debilitating around age 23-24, which was when I started smoking pot and drinking. I became a christian last year at age 27, and I now study end time bible prophecy. Seeing your video gives me great hope and assurance as a fellow Aspie Christian. Thanks for the video man, and remember that that we are the last generation and Jesus is Coming back to take us home after the Tribulation, and will keep us safe and guide us with his Spirit until his Second Coming.
I go through very similar circumstances and I say Amen to what you said my brother. The reason that you in my (opinion) is to bring us together. You are not alone in this my bother, and we should all unite in fellowship in and through Christ.
I have claimed freedom and deliverance for my family
My son has apergers. We are Christians. You are right, there isn't enough info and support. I am feeling challenged as a momma to do something about this in my own church. My son HATES going to church but he LOVES Jesus dearly. It's a real struggle and I am looking for ways to lessen his pain. He has a really hard time dealing with things these days. He's 13 and his name is Brett. Please say a prayer for him and I am saying one for you. Keep Posting!
+Melly P yea, I hated going to church all the time I was a Christian and I worried that maybe I wasn't really a Christian and God didn't want me there. If you watch my newest video though He has set me free of so many things! I'm praying for Brett! Thank you for praying for me!
I identify with you brother. God bless you..
+Steven Gulliver God Bless you too brother!
Where sin is, grace abounds, that has always helped me
The Christian Aspie, I'm a Christian with aspergers too. It's high functioning autism, God just wired our brains differently we were born this way. Do lights hurt your eyes and can you only wear soft clothing like I do. Certain clothes make me itch or hurt me I can't wear pants or shorts with buttons or zippers they hurt. You should keep making videos I liked your video.
It's interesting that you brought this point up. I'm an aspie who hates dress shirts.. This brings up observations of social phenomenon that normal people don't recognize the reasoning for; such as why are men forced to wear them so often.
My greatest anxiety triggers are the (irrational?) overwhelming feelings that of my being doomed to damnation by default: from not knowing what is true prayer, having Asperger's, and NOT knowing which bible/faith is the true one. Am I already blessed or already doomed even before I was born?
I know this post is somber but I hope it is a help just the same for all of you. I hope this act of posting i ssh another good work to add to (my?) book of life.
***** thank you, friend. It means alot.
+Nancy Mattus Oh yea, I had many panic attacks that my sin was so bad I was going to hell. That's when I started to really understand grace. There's nothing we can do or not do to make Him love us anymore or any less. We shouldn't abuse God's grace to sin of course, but also not be legalistic and think anything we do can earn God's favor. I would encourage you to pray to God and admit where you are and try and read a book like the Gospel of John or Romans. Get in the Psalms, they are wonderful for depression and anxiety for me. Be encouraged and don't let the enemy tell you that you are doomed as long as you are trusting in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. I know it's hard to believe in the Bible because we grow up in societies that are so against it and cause us to question things and be skeptical. But I promise you this is very real.
This is a wonderful video, and so sincere. You have such a gift of speaking the truth and remembering the Word. I 'liked' some other comments below that I heartily agree with. I relate to what you're describing, with wanting to serve. I know as a Christian I am meant to serve but I don't know how to. Every way of serving seems to require being comfortable around people. I think there are a lot of really beautiful individuals in this world who feel unbearably uncomfortable in church. I'm going to make a goal to go to church regularly (maybe twice or three times a month) and to go to community group at least once a month. It can be difficult, but isolation is more dangerous than transparency (that is, transparency with trustworthy Christians). And long-term, my goal is to be a scientist and/or professor. I think that will allow me to grow and serve God's Kingdom.
Amen, to your strength from Christ and God has blessed you with many things.
You did very well thank you ❤️
This is a very good first video. We got to know a little bit about you, your history and your struggles with being a Christian with AS. I have many of the same struggles. I'm also discouraged by a lack of resources and support for us. Thank you for making this, I know it took incredible courage. And I'm looking forward to more.
+Dwayne Armstrong Thank you so much. I haven't checked this channel until today and just made a new video about some amazing things God did in my life in the past week. It was VERY hard to make those first ones but this past one wasn't that hard at all after God set me free from so many "Asperger social walls" that I had built up. I also was discouraged by the lack of resources but lets pray for those!
Thank you for posting this, man. I hope that things have improved in the past 3 years and I hope you've continued to grow in your walk with Christ. I relate all too well, I've known I've had aspergers all my life and I'm just now looking into it, researching, and trying to understand it myself.
Im the same brother I've overcome it have a good job but wasted half my life away.I have ADHD aspies depression aggression bi polar don't give up.u have to put itself in situations over and over again.don't get me wrong I'm still up and down with my moods
Hi Will,
I am a fellow sister in Christ on the autism spectrum. High functioning/Aspergers. One of the hardest things is not having fellowship with other Christians who are on the Spectrum and having understanding people. I have researched the internet tons of times for fellowship opportunities with other individuals who are on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum. However I can find none.
I just found your video today, I a Christian and I Believe I am struggling with Asperger's, i have all the hallmark signs, i also struggle with Bi- polar disorder and PTSD. Im 37, and only figured all this out about three years ago.
As the serenity prayer says,
I pray God gives me and all of us who struggle with various syndromes, the serenity to accept who we are and courage to change what we can and the wisdom to know the difference
God bless you brother you are a hero...
Hello good sir and fellow autistic or aspie if you prefer I only just started advocating for our people last year from within my church conowingo Baptist (we have a RUclips channel if you wish to check us out) but I would like to applaud you and you courage to tell the world "ya I'm autistic and Christian, but I know god made it to be that way" there needs to be more people like you in this twisted world that use their own disabilities to glorify our lord. I personally believe that we as autistics were specifically designed to further the gospel and glorify god in ways that not every one can. but anyhow I just wanna say keep it up and I know what you do will help further gods glory and help other autistics or aspies to follow along side us on the strait and narrow path, thank you and god bless you sir!
Thx for video. Very encouraging to hear your story and to know more about asperges. Thanks for sharing your insights here and in other videos.
God bless you for being so open and honest. May Father God be glorified by your posting this. Please know that your honesty has encouraged me, just starting out on my aspie journey... it is REALLLLLY hard to find Christian Aspie adult groups... thank you and I will pray for you and all on here. Keep speaking God's Word, He loves us and sees us. His Word is Truth. Praying He fills you with His peace.
im a christian and on the autisic spectrum your not alone!!!!!!!! thank you for shariing we are all a abit different with any part of the spectrum like aspergers and high functing autism. i use to self harm and i back slid some and when into a hospital for help i am not medicated but when i have a lot of stresses in life i find soicalising and mixing very hard. i find it hard to consertrate with my sensory issues you sit in church a hour or so then you have to change to here folk talking i not been church for a while but i am saved i no God wont heal me either i do not no why either. i try a lot. but it is hard i can not keep a job either. you are serving Christ by doing this vidio. i enjoy public slpeaking and i was only dinosed age 40 and 7 years on i can do it i try to help other be more areare of the issues we face as a christian. even light touch hurts me
Hey brother, I have Asperger’s too and know exactly how your feeling right now. You are not alone. Keep your chin up. God bless
Yep me too, I am scared to turn 31 and be alone but I can do it with Jesus of Nazareth
Thanks broh.
Thank you for the video. I have been diagnosed with Asperger's around the age of 18. I am now 25 with no job or college education. I have been walking backwards in my walk with Christ, especially this year, and I have been struggling to claw my way back to the child like-ness that Jesus demands of everyone. I let myself be consumed by the how's and why's of Christianity to the point that it started turning into a legalistic religion. I can't even read the Bible by myself without turning many verses against myself. My views of Jesus have even been affected as they aren't as pure as they should be now. I took an interest in apologetics this year and have watched/read many debates only for them to drastically rock my faith. All I can do is pray to God to not let me go as I struggle to find my place in this world again.
Jesus is patient. He isn't demanding you to be perfect. He understands what you are going through and He blessed you with Asperger's for a special reason that will benefit you and also give Him glory in the end. Hang in there buddy, I'm with you :)
+The Christian Aspie My mom was the one who linked me this video through email in hopes of helping me out and give me things to think about. I have learned a lot about things I once thought to be fictional thanks to the Bible belt in which I live. It is the things I've come to believe are real that for the last two months caused me great grief, and I could do nothing but pray and weep in bed. We can go into that more if you want, but for now I'll refrain. Anyway, I have no friends, so this video helped me out knowing there is someone else out there I can relate to. I don't know where you stand in life right now, but I'll have you know that judging from the little I've seen, you'd be the kind of person anyone should be proud of having.
+Qu9ke as a friend.*
I'm right there with you. Please do email me. wmcunningham82@gmail.com
Thank you God for this weakness!
You are wise and humble, brother! I just found your videos and I hope you continue to create them. So nice to listen your thoughts and I understand you well. God bless!!
Genuinely I’m very thankful for your video. I have a son who is 5 and he is high functioning/aspergers ... I sometimes don’t think too much about how he will be in the future, I’m truly hoping God will for sure reveal his will for HIM.
I somehow through my son felt I may have also have some autistic behaviors but when I observe others it seems they do too. I know the more I’ve Gotten to Know Christ I find my identity in HIM.
He has change my prayer life. I don’t think no one use to pray for me as child , so I cover my son in prayer. I struggle with his sensory issues when it comes to food. I know God heals... people who show love and care to others with developmental delays... Blossom . I’m learning to not convey my stress on my child. I am learning through him.
I’m leading him to find That besides me there is a greater higher love Christ has for him. And he gains confidence in that.
Please keep posting videos. Do videos of revelations which I’m sure God is given You.
I will pray that God will heal you and make you whole and understand something I'm 68 and disabled and I still trust the Lord with all my heart soul and mind and strength
I am a Christian with aspergers as well, if only i could start a church or group together of Christians with aspergers. But how would i find fellow Christian aspies? If it is God's will then he will make a way though it seems impossible. I relate to you so much bro.
Abide & Prepare on Facebook.com my husband and I are creating a group. We're both disabled, I deal with ASD. I want to serve God with this.
The Monarch Unleashed God bless you and your prophetic mission
You’re really brave. I’m a Christian with high functioning autism
Thank you for doing this video. It is hard to be on camera. Thank you for reciting the word to me and teaching me. Your honest true words made me cry. Consider me a friend. Youre cool, man. God has smiled on you more than you know... ♡ we all feel so similar. I just love how you recite the word and are thankful! Love always.
I really love your video, God bless you for what you do. As an autistic Christian I sometimes have hard times with social situations-even in church. I may not worship like or sing like other people-I may not go inside the auditorium (sensory overloads)-I have done it once and it kept making me hide in corners. As a teen even I hanged out with the wrong crowd and hated myself a million times-somehow The Lord helped me-I can’t describe. But I still believe in God and Christ and that He died for me and that His second coming is important. And even though I don’t listen to praise hymns like Hillsong or songs like Amazing Grace-I may listen to other music like Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, Day of Fire, Starset and Pillar-I just listen to them without getting the meaning of their song. I just listen to them because I just like it. I like animals-even legendary based animals (Phoenix, gryphons, Pegasus, unicorns, dragons, mermaids)-I don’t treat them as a godly idol, it’s just a interest-it’s the same way I like my Marvel and DC heroes like Batman, Superman, Flash, Spider-Man, Thor,Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Black
widow, X-Men and the same way I like Transformers and Star Wars and dinosaurs. But I still believe Christ is the real deal-the real I would refer calling Him Great King or superhero.
Amen man of God ❤️✝️ may God bless you beyond all measure in Jesus name i pray 🙏
Good to know I’m not alone I’ve been struggling with getting a job as well and hopefully god blesses me with one soon. I really need to move out narcissist mothers are the worse
Details how narcissist is your mother? Mayb i can relate!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions ... You talk a lot about that having aspergers is a burden ... But at the same time God gave us an immense passion and desire to do well in the thing that interests us - therefore it is a miraculous gift and an incredibly different and unique perspective of the world around us ... If you don't feel comfortable in church just try to connect with God in another situation / environment for example nature or talking to one close friend !
I myself have experienced that autism/ aspergers can either break you or make life amazing - we must chose and the choice is oftentimes very hard ... I also wouldn't consider aspergers a sin - it's just different - that doesn't mean that God loves you less or sees you as a lesser person, in my opinion !
We can do all things through Christ which strengthens us.
Phillipians 4:13 :) Love to you Clintos
I am a Christian and also suffer from Aspergers as well as being legally blind. It is a daily battle for me. I know exactly how you feel and really have no friends except for one and he to is getting distant as he carries on with his life. While I am stuck in the same to same daily life longing to not be single but to be married. So many like my self are diagnosed with add when it’s not add we have and is something completely opposite
Thank you for sharing. I am an aspie too. God bless you.
Will I went through the identity thing and I only know who I am in Christ ..All that matters is what Jesus thinks about us. Will you are not alone and now you have a new friend ...Me no one knows I have ASD and I never fit in either. I’m not wasting my time ever to see a doctor..I’m like you I am just finding out I have it. Even in Church growing up people made fun of me. I love you brother and hang in there o.k
God is with you and Jesus loves you and so do I and know that he will work my daily through you to other ones with Asperger's
I never knew this was an issue. I have Aspergers and I am a born again Christian.
Keep making videos Sir
My Christian brothers and sisters tell me that my AS comes from the devil and GOD wants to heal me completely of it. But i see AS as a gift from GOD. And GOD doesnt want to heal people of AS cause its a gift from him.
Your siblings are ignorant. Forgive them. AS comes with a lot of challenges, like making friends, dealing with stress and emotions, and just the outside world in general.
But just remember something: Jesus, in His own way, was very much like an Aspie (not in a literal sense, though--He can't really be described with human diagnoses). He had to put up with a world that just didn't understand Him. He had to get used to the fact that He was just different from everyone else, and like us Aspies He didn't "get" human society, so full of sin and deceit (not that an Aspie society would be any better--we'd have our own issues). He was perfect, and too good for all of them. But He humbled Himself anyway, even though everyone else was basically an idiot compared to Him. I've felt that way so many times, and I'll just say I wasn't exactly humble about my gifts in the past. I felt that something was wrong with everyone else, and that I was the "normal" one.
But just like an Aspie, Jesus felt lonely, isolated, was bullied, was betrayed and lied to, and suffered so much in life just for thinking differently from everyone else. I think Jesus reflects virtually any possible human life experience, in some way--He felt everything that He needed to, every negative emotion and the weight of every sin, so that we wouldn't have to.
Just remember that Jesus and many other people--Christian or otherwise--have gone through some of the same things you may be going through right now, or used to experience.
And unlike so many other "disabilities", AS comes with so many gifts. I think that maybe every Aspie should try and manage themselves with social skills--just so that they can get by and be able to talk and interact with people when they need to. But learning social stuff like that won't "cure" you, and you're right, we don't need cures. We just need some understanding, respect, acceptance, and of course, love. And I found that love through Jesus Christ, and now it's because of Him and what He wants to do with me that I feel like I need to learn social skills. I'd love to show everyone what God can do with someone with my condition, but it's not how I want to be defined.
If your siblings keep bothering you about this, just remember what I said and remember all this. You might need some "healing" if you're socially awkward, for example, or if you were like I once was and let your introversion make you bitter and cynical. But everyone sins, and everyone has something about them that makes them less than perfect. For me, I'll admit that my AS made me predisposed to certain sins. The Christian Aspie said he turned to drinking to try and make himself less lonely (drinking isn't a sin, but getting drunk and knowingly harming yourself is), for example. Our sins and weaknesses just tend to come with our condition, but even then there's great variability. No two Aspies are alike in terms of what they struggle with, but the factors that lead them to these issues are very similar.
So just pray that God will heal you from the bad qualities you may have acquired from AS, and that the good ones (and there's plenty of good) will be substantiated. You'll find that even if you have AS, you don't have to be defined as awkward, nerdy, lonely, or any other negative quality we get stuck with so long as you let Christ run your life.
It's easier said than done sometimes, but keep at it and you can show those "neurotypicals" how much God values you.
+James Langley Yea it's a gift from God. God shows His strength in our weakness so that people will know that the good things are coming by His strength and not our own.
I am married to a Christian Aspie, and like you, he did not find out until his 30's about his Asperger's. Your video is very inspirational. Do you have any Bible study tips that worked for you that might work for my Husband? Also, I have a couple of personal questions, if you do not mind answering them. Do you as an Aspie Christian "feel" the presence of the Holy Spirit, and if so, will you describe your experience? My husband doesn't doubt his salvation in the least (and neither do I); however, he is uncertain about how the Holy Spirit is supposed to feel. Everything I have described of my experience, he says he has not felt, and I explained that it is different for everyone. Thanks for your obedience to share your insight, and I hope that you start posting more videos.
This weekend I went to a Seer Conference and his name is Dr Reg Moria and he was healed of aspergers, OCD and severe anxiety. God did it and prays for people w AS. His wife is a clinical psychologist but he still had aspie behaviors but is healed. He received it with a revelation of Jesus. I’m so so very sorry you have suffered so much. Ensure you take “methylated folate” most or all aspies have mthfr deficiency. A product called: “Methylation complete” is a supplement that would help you very much to feel relief from anxiety. I pray you are doing well! 🙏🏻👑❤️☀️
Shalom and Peace to you! I pray you are doing well! God loves you and thank you for uploading this. Know that God doesn’t have any sickness in heaven is just a fallen world ... he didn’t give you AS. The devil did because he came to steal and destroy. Thank you for sharing your heart regarding needing alcohol to calm your nervous. I’m so very sorry you were bullied. I pray God’s love and affirmation is on you and over you! Write down and ponder and read aloud Matthew 4:23 ... ❤️
Is that verse that says when satan fell from the sky he like came to steal kill and destroy ...and weakened the people
Praise God!
Please email me at wmcunningham82@gmail.com if you want to talk about autism or aspergers or Jesus. I'm down to walk with any of you who are afflicted and in pain and need help going forward. We need each other. Please email me because I don't check this channel much since it was just a few video's I made. I'd love to connect with you guys more.
actually you are probably serving some by making this video.
Brave ! God bless you ! Do you know if theres any group aspies getting togehter in fellowship? That would be awesome!
Keep the faith 👍🏼
Thank you for the info
Amen, same here!
God this is better then what i can do XD
+Jacob Carter If you have Jesus then we both have the same power in us! Anything "good" I ever do is Him working through my weakness. You aren't worthless, you can do all things through Him if you trust Him!
The Christian Aspie you are an amazing person dude
I've gathered resources regarding Asperger's traits especially for Christians.
aspergerspluschristian.blogspot.com/p/resources.html
I hope these resources will help both you and your subscribers, Will.
Thank you so much!!!!
I get you brother you and I are similar. I too am a christian though i have high functioning autism as opposed to aspergers
How do you deal with putting faith in something that isn't tangible and that isn't measurable?
I do not believe aspergers is from sin. It is something that we can not change but can find ways to adapt into society.
I understand I have the same type of autism
I understand all that you are saying . God has put me I. Counsel with a woman's that has taught me much I. The topic. But I am called to a ministry of deliverance of mental health issues and I am compelled to come against this in the band of Jesus! Demons will flee. Even the ones behind neurological disorders.
Might I suggest you be careful 'typing' in this direction dear Angela? Autism is a different kind of neurology (brain pattern) than non-Autistics. And it certainly has its challenges, yes. It also, often, comes bearing an INCREDIBLE GIFT in it.
As I listen to this video (for example at the 7 minute mark) I hear something "beyond" precious. A weak vessel who knows a precious dependence on Christ.
I'm not saying God can't or shouldn't heal as ASD person, if He's of the mind to. For sure.
But please be careful dear sister, if your thought is that all Autism needs "deliverance" or is from the enemy. It simply isn't so.
God bless you! sister N/ Toronto
Where do you live?
There’s surely a church that God has for you to attend. He doesn’t want us to forsake the assembling together.
Are you stkll around today?
Being an Aspie Christian in a non Christian country......
I don't fit in
. Aspi town would be cool lol .
Are you still doing things to help Christians with Aspergers? I have a friend who needs help and a community
No this God will work for you to give the gospel to other people with disabilities have faith in Jesus was able to do all things and she will give you the Holy Spirit
Be a Catholic. It is the one Church founded by Jesus and you will be much more comfortable. Fellowship is not forced on you, it is easier to be Catholic with Aspergers. You can sit in the back of the Church, you can go to Mass when few people are there, you can just go and be alone with the Blessed Sacrament. Congratulations on making this video, I know how hard it is.
No, Catholicism is from the devil