Thank God for Brian, for my encounter with him and my continued relationships with people who are considered to be disabled. Brian is a whole person, with his likes and dislikes, his own personality and his own ways of contributing to the broader community.
WORD: "When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor [Read More]
My silence can be holy, if I feel The presence, and the touch, of those who care. A gentle hand, or word, makes joy more real, And griefs gain substance in a loving prayer.
WORD: "For by Him all things were created… all things have been created through Him and for Him.” (Colossians 1:16, NASB) THOUGHT: This verse clearly states that everything exists and finds [Read More]
WORD: "The Lord said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone.'" (Genesis 2:18a, NLT) THOUGHT: Too frequently disability results in isolation or separation from ‘the group’. Loneliness is a [Read More]
WORD: "Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear Your God. I am the Lord." (Leviticus 19:14, NIV) THOUGHT: We need to be [Read More]
WORD: "I will go before you and make the rough places smooth: I will shatter the door of bronze and cut through their iron bars." (Isaiah 45:2, NASB) THOUGHT: “Making a way” [Read More]
WORD: "Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. ‘Make level paths for your feet,’ so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed." (Hebrews 12:12, NIV) THOUGHT: There are [Read More]
In my endeavors to learn and be enriched, I cannot discount the experience I gain from being in relationship with others. I can acquire knowledge, capacity, and skills from academic study and reading and yet it has been when I have engaged in community and established friendships with people with exceptional needs that I have gained the most.
I have seen that shape before And now I find it troubles me. Those hands held in just that way. But I can't place the memory.
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