My amazing hubby, makes a certain special needs adult young man feel he can come to him about anything. So he very often and sometimes MANY times a day hears from this young man. The other text message told my hubby that he was going back to the doctor. His 'shaking' has become very bad.
It struck me what a contrast this was.
On one hand our son, a young man fully capable of doing almost anything he puts his mind to, on the other hand a young man who would give anything for an opportunity just to be fully functional and able to choose what to accomplish today. Instead it's dictated to him, day after day, what he'll accomplish based on his current health and stability of mind.
Why does God allow this kind of contrast...I don't know. I do believe God is sovereign and He decides what best furthers His kingdom.
Watching this special needs young man struggle sometimes just to survive, does draw me to the Lord. It draws me in prayer and it encourages me when he succeeds - I cheer for him. I can understand - just a little bit more, how things that don't make sense to us fit into God's plan, and I rest in that.
Yes, it's easy for me to say, because my son is doing well and is healthy, but I've worked with special needs kids in the past and I understand even more now why they are so special. It's their pure belief and joy in the Lord. It's the uninhibited joy and their expression in worship that I see in our services at Crossroads. God uses the 'least of these'. In His eyes I suspect THEY are the closest to the heart of God - they are unquestioning.
Stark contrasts drove me to the Lord today.
