In the comments of God, Do You Care?, from the Inspiration section of this site, Rose wrote yesterday,
Did l make a mistake to confess in a God of impossibilities.l am in pain bcoz of what am going thro, my baby has to use tube to feed,need oxygen ,am in a hard situation and in too much pain to think God allowed this to happen to me.
Rose, I hope you are coming back to check for replies, because there have been an number of excellent responses. Here is a sample:
From Donna:
Less than four years ago I was in your shoes. I believed God would never give me a child with DS because I trusted Him and submitted my womb/family planning to Him. He would only give me “good gifts”. When my son was born, I was in shock/confusion/despair.
Little did I know what was in store for me. I soon began to see that God HAD given me his best gift! Through this child, my (and my entire family’s) mind/spirit has been transformed and renewed. Joel is a beautiful, gifted person! He has a capacity for love and faith that I can only hope for.
Tina begins this way:
Rose, I can only imagine how hard this must be for you. How sad that the world has led us to believe that it is a curse for any child to have DS; that they themselves are inferior as is their quality of life. But God sees what man cannot.
Ali wants to write but keeps getting interrupted:
But I want to encourage you. In between writing to you my four year old son with Down’s keeps beckoning me to him to pick him up and waltz together while he smiles and laughs. He is sooooo cute and such a joy and gift.
Beth remembers similar feelings:
I remember those emotions and feelings even though it was almost four years ago. I had one blood test which indicated a possiblity but my husband and I thought “God won’t do this to us.” After all we were sacrificing and serving Him overseas. No, rather he allowed, Miss K to be born into our family.
In our case, he told us, watch how I am going to work in her life.
There’s more in the comments of God, Do You Care? Priscilla just posted as well.
God is good. All the time.
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