The easiest things as a Special Needs parent

     I was going to make just one point in this post. It is a huge point and needs to be said. However, as I was thinking there is actually two things that have maybe equal importance as a parent. We now that it most things it is very difficult to be a parent to those with special needs. It takes a lot of patience. Sometimes that has to be learned, painfully learned. It takes a selfless drive that most people have a hard time with. It takes a willingness to fail unmercifully over and over again. However, I say to you that without this failure success is not possible. We have to fail in order to succeed. That is how success happens.
     We wonder as special needs parent who are also Christians how am I going to teach them Christ. How can I possibly get them to understand? Will they be lost? How do I know that they are in God's hand. This is easy. Christ seeks out those who are crippled, blind and deaf. It says so in Luke 14. We also know that the majority of His ministry is healing special needs individuals. Saving those with special needs. Luke14:13-14"But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." We as special needs parents have been BLESSED. We have had them placed at our table. Christ has invited them to our table through means of family. Christ seeks them and means to bless them. This is the easiest part of being a special needs parent. Christ has specifically called upon us to minister to these individuals. We have been blessed with the opportunity in our own household. This is something to be extremely grateful for. In our own family we are bringing Glory to God.
     Also as a special needs parent your child with most likely exceed the expectations you have placed on them. If you have a typical child you might have enormous dreams for your child. They may never meet those expectations. Individuals with special needs will meet expectations and exceed. They might not be typical but they will work hard. They will surprise the amount of effort. The amount of joy in life they bring. We can rejoice in these things. We do not want to dwell long in the grief of not having a typical child. There is reasons that God knows that they are not typical. Sometimes we have circumstances that caused the disability but we need to remember that God does not make mistakes. God knows what we need. I speak to you as an individual who has faith. If we are to understand these things in this prospective then understand you are blessed beyond measure. Your family has a much higher chance to glorify God. We all get these opportunities of course. However, not everyday that God purposely places someone at your table that He says will be a blessing to you. Do not grieve that but rejoice.