Category: Devotionals for Parents with Autistic Kids
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Ouch!
I can handle anything, God, just not a child with mental challenges. A child with no legs, no problem. A deaf child, ok, so that would be harder. But a child who is developmentally delayed, I just don’t think I could handle that. Strangely enough,one of my favorite elementary school memories is tied to one…
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Let’s all be really selfish, girls!
Curl up with a good book…to help your child with his homework. Binge-watch Netflix…when you have loads of laundry to fold. Talk for hours on the phone..while you are dusting. Get out of the house…to pray for your kids’ school (check out Mom’s in Prayer for a group near you). Make a lunch date with a friend…to cook…
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He was perishing
Ornery, no reason to behave. We had just gotten back from a vacation in Arizona that my husband and I loved, my daughter thought was pretty good, and my son wished had included Wii, rollercoasters and mini golf. Facing nothing but school one morning, he looked at me over his bowl of cereal. “Mom, I…
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It’s like it doesn’t exist
Several months ago I was having lunch with some friends, one of whom has ADHD, so has many similar issues to myself. As the four of us were talking, somehow we got onto the subject of disabilities, God, and His ability to heal. I shared how when I am doing exactly what God wants me…
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Love always trusts and hopes
I Corinthians 13:7 [Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Those of you who know me really well know that I am not a very trusting or hopeful person by nature. It is only God in me that allows me to even appear trusting or hopeful! I used to live in fear of…