The Beauty of Raising a Child with Special Needs (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Amy Brown, Sara Clime and Carrie Holt are all raising children with special needs — which means they are lonely, exhausted, fearful and hopeful, and at times deal with doubts in their faith. But all three also acknowledge God is in charge and it’s only by His power are they able to love and raise their children well. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, we're going to explore the challenging, |
| 0:06.7 | often overwhelming experience of raising a child with special needs. |
| 0:10.6 | And Jim, as we kind of set the topic, here's a quote from a special needs parent that got in touch with us. |
| 0:17.0 | I don't remember who I was before you, my child. |
| 0:21.0 | You've changed every part of me. My eyes look at the world differently than before. I have |
| 0:26.7 | more compassion than I ever knew I possessed. The capacity of my heart has expanded |
| 0:32.0 | tenfold because of you. |
| 0:34.8 | Thank you for your gifts. |
| 0:36.6 | Please be patient with me while I learn how to do this thing. |
| 0:41.1 | Your host is focused president and author Jen Daly and I'm John Fuller. |
| 0:45.0 | And that is quite a statement and it highlights the unique struggles and joys that special needs |
| 0:49.6 | parents go through. |
| 0:51.4 | And I don't have that experience other than Gene and I did foster care. And to |
| 0:55.5 | Jean's great credit, she shouldered most of that while I was working. She was with these |
| 1:01.2 | foster kids helping them. |
| 1:02.8 | She also did respite care when we were in California |
| 1:05.8 | and has always had a heart to help those families that were struggling |
| 1:09.7 | in that way. |
| 1:10.9 | The fact is, families with special needs are all around us. They are definitely |
| 1:16.5 | in your church. I hope your church accommodates families that have special needs. Unfortunately, so few churches do. That'd be a great |
| 1:25.8 | thing for pastors to look into. I think it's something like 13% of the |
| 1:30.8 | population. Over 40 million Americans have some form of disability |
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