Saturday, March 28
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LOVE'S FINEST HOUR
We call them exceptional children. Special needs children. Disabled. Handicapped. Whatever the term, the challenge is
enormous for a parent gifted with such a child. But this much is clear: every child is perfectly made by God. God is sovereign
over all the earth, including the womb. He has superintended our very conception and existence, and every child born is fearfully
and wonderfully crafted by Him.
Scripture is actually filled with those who are physically handicapped. Jacob walked
with a limp for the rest of his life after his midnight wrestling match with an angel. Mephibosheth's body was hopelessly twisted
and crippled. King Jereboam had a withered hand. Namaan was a leper. Even Paul suffered from an unnamed "thorn" in his
flesh. In addition to their challenges, all of these had something else in common: not one of them was miraculously healed. So
many times we gravitate toward the miracles of the Bible, and there were many. But there were many more who lived day to
day with all kinds of indignities, pains and disabilities. A lot of people live without a miracle. But who is to say that the power of
God cannot be even more dramatically displayed in the life of one who struggles, but remains steadfast...who seeks to make
sense of what appears as nonsense?
I believe the power of God is displayed all around us, in the lives of exceptional
people who never experience a life-changing miracle. They are not changed. They change us.
Memory Verse
PSALM 139:13
For thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb.
Read Through The Bible
1 Samuel 1-2; Proverbs 27