I wrote this last year and wanted to share it again….<\/p>\n
We went to\u00a0a Matthew West\u00a0concert\u00a0a few nights ago.\u00a0 It was great.\u00a0 He not only sang songs, but told the stories behind the songs.<\/p>\n
One was of a young\u00a0man with cerebral palsy.\u00a0 The young man\u00a0related his disability to that of\u00a0a blind man found in the bible. The account is found in the ninth chapter of John where Jesus’\u00a0disciples asked\u00a0Him whose sin caused the man to be blind.\u00a0 Jesus replied, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him<\/em>.”\u00a0 That’s when my son with autism leaned over and said, “That’s just like me.”\u00a0 It was all I could do to squeak out an ‘uhuh’ through the lump in my throat.<\/p>\n As tears stung my eyes, I thought of\u00a0the truth of that statement.\u00a0 My son is well aware that he has autism.\u00a0 He knows that it somehow makes him different,\u00a0even if he doesn’t fully understand how.\u00a0He knows\u00a0that God made him that way for a purpose.\u00a0 He knows that God has a plan for him.\u00a0\u00a0 He knows God\u00a0will use him.\u00a0 \u00a0What he may not know is how God has already used him to show me faith in action.<\/p>\n I have seen child like faith as my son prays, fully expecting God to work on his behalf.\u00a0 I have seen boldness in declaring the gospel as my son tells others about Jesus.\u00a0 I have seen compassion at work as he holds the hand of a young child who is nervous on the first day of bible school.\u00a0 I have seen persistence as he tries to\u00a0learn a new skill.\u00a0 I have seen growth and development where experts told us not to expect any.\u00a0 I have seen the mighty works of God displayed in him…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I wrote this last year and wanted to share it again…. We went to\u00a0a Matthew West\u00a0concert\u00a0a few nights ago.\u00a0 It was great.\u00a0 He not only sang songs, but told the stories behind the songs. One was of a young\u00a0man with … Continue reading