I confess I don’t hear the communion service very well tonight. But snippets of prayer stand out and grateful tears touch my cheeks. That the Holy Spirit is always with us – that’s you and me, too, Gideon. That I am firmly, completely, and wonderfully saved. And Gideon, too. God wants autistic people in His family, too.
Hosanna in the Diagnosis – Trusting God as we step into the world of special needs
When we received Noah’s diagnosis, a chromosomal deletion, a genetic mutation, a lifelong condition with many nuances and unknowns, it was difficult to see beyond our circumstances. It hurt. We ached for our boy, we mourned normality for him and for ourselves. In him, we officially stepped across the threshold into the world of special…