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I have thought about this myself. When we meet Helen Keller in heaven, will she be blind? Will those who have, for the glory of God, lived through pain and suffering, bear some mark of their affliction? Here’s what I think. We will, each of us, have our own distinctive crown of glory, and we will place them all at the feet of Jesus. As God is, himself, three distinct persons in one, we will join in the communion of saints each of us retaining our distinct personhood.

There is no sickness, no death, no corruption, in Heaven. Helen Keller will have her eyes, just as cripples will walk, and quadriplegics will run. Your crowns of glory will be what you did for Christ while you were here. Helen Keller didn't serve Christ BECAUSE she was blind. She served as she served even though she was blind.

If you look at the parable of the talents, the first 2 servants took what the master gave them and multiplied the investment to give to Christ. The third "servant"( this denotes he was a believer that took the same investment of blood given by the Master) and did nothing with it. It has nothing to do with glorifying ourselves, but glorifying the Father and Son while on Earth. We are all expected to do something with what was freely given to us, no matter what our station in life. This is NOT salvation by works, but works BECAUSE you are saved. We are His hands and feet while He is away and are expected to work as He worked to build the Kingdom. If you build your own Kingdom and neglect God's Kingdom, then you could be double minded.

Obviously, we all have different abilities to accomplish these actions. The first servant was given 5 talents and gained 5 more. This denotes He was equipped to spread the gospel effectively, such as maybe a preacher or missionary. The second received 2 and gained 2. This is a respectable gain for one that follows the Spirit. But the third servant was given one and only needed one to make the Master a return. He did nothing and gave back what was freely given to him. Everyone is capable of glorifying Jesus in some way. Being blind and cripple doesn't keep you from glorifying God. A couple of examples might be "Nick" Vujicic, or Joni Eareckson Tada. If your heart pushes you to serve Jesus, He will open doors for you and reward you for being available. It's the ones that say they weren't made a preacher or have no talents for speaking that disappoints God. If you are saved, you have a testimony and should be able to give it. We have family members that don't even know if we are saved because we never open our mouths or even do a good work to glorify God. If people you know don't know you are saved,you might check your dipstick for the "oil" level.

The Truth is, we do what we want to do. If we don't give glory to God, it's because we really don't want to in our hearts. There is always a motivating factor in everything we do. If we go fishing on Sunday morning, it's because we wanted to fish more than be in God's presence.

When we meet Helen Keller in heaven, will she be blind?

I seriously doubt it.

And what form will all the aborted babies have?