Our elder daughter spent a week this summer at a day camp with other developmentally disabled kids and really enjoyed it. She made a friend and some good connections with an organization which does incredible work in our community. One thing our daughter learnt during that week was life changing. Thursday afternoon as I picked her up she said: "I thought that God had made a mistake when he made me and now I know I'm just the way I'm supposed to be."
We all spend time wishing we were different, our lives were altered somehow, our circumstances changed. What a gift it is to be accepting, faithful, sure that we are who we are supposed to be, in the life we are meant to be living, just the way God planned for us, in the knowledge of and with thanks for God's amazing grace.
I certainly have railed against Him, everything and everyone, wondering why her, why us. I have replayed her birth in my mind questioning decisions I made and blaming myself for how my daughter is burdened in this life. Perhaps, I too can come to the realization that all of our lives are just the way they are supposed to be, nothing more and nothing less, and thank God for that.
We all spend time wishing we were different, our lives were altered somehow, our circumstances changed. What a gift it is to be accepting, faithful, sure that we are who we are supposed to be, in the life we are meant to be living, just the way God planned for us, in the knowledge of and with thanks for God's amazing grace.
I certainly have railed against Him, everything and everyone, wondering why her, why us. I have replayed her birth in my mind questioning decisions I made and blaming myself for how my daughter is burdened in this life. Perhaps, I too can come to the realization that all of our lives are just the way they are supposed to be, nothing more and nothing less, and thank God for that.
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