The Beauty of Raising a Child with Special Needs (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2024
⏱️ 27 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 2 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | But if we could have a small group of people that we could go look can you pick up the prescription can you come sit at the park with my child so I can |
| 0:07.6 | Drive in my car and cry for an hour because I really don't want to do this anymore |
| 0:11.2 | Just a small group of people that hear our stories |
| 0:14.0 | and look past the behavior. And I think that is really important. |
| 0:19.4 | Well that's the heart of a special needs mom and we have a panel of three special needs mom |
| 0:24.6 | joining us today for Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller and |
| 0:29.2 | we're glad you've joined us. John we had a great conversation last time with these three very special guests. |
| 0:35.7 | You know, the thing that I walked away with was just how much of their lives in a smaller |
| 0:40.8 | way reflected in every one of us. |
| 0:42.8 | What God is trying to teach us in this thing called life |
| 0:46.6 | and keeps coming back to selflessness. |
| 0:49.4 | And some of us who have very tidy, all, you know, compartmentalized lives. |
| 0:56.1 | We may not be learning the lessons that these wonderful women are learning and their husbands, |
| 1:00.7 | given they have special needs children, which puts a lot of demand on them in their |
| 1:05.3 | marriages and their family and they have to become selfless I walked away with that |
| 1:10.0 | sense of wow what a blessing but it's not easy no and we're going to continue this |
| 1:16.3 | discussion today with our guests who have written a great book the other side of |
| 1:20.3 | special and I think all of us can tip into this discussion and learn more about |
| 1:26.2 | the characteristics of God and how to love our children till the very end. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah there's a lot of encouragement to go through hard times with God and to see him in it all. |
| 1:36.0 | And if you missed any of the previous conversation, get our mobile app. It's a terrific way to access the entire library, of course other YouTube episodes, a |
| 1:44.7 | podcast a variety of ways to connect with our guests. And they are Amy Brown, |
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