It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well.

My wheelchair was the key to seeing all this happen—especially since God’s power always shows up best in weakness. So here I sit … glad that I have not been healed on the outside, but glad that I have been healed on the inside. Healed from my own self-centered wants and wishes.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.

Nothing will convince and convict those around us like the peaceful and positive way you and I respond to our twentieth century hurts and distress. The unbelieving world-your neighbors, the guy at the gas station, the postman, the lady at the cleaners, your boss at work-is observing the way we undergo our trials.

Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.