The southern gospel group The Isaacs sing a song titled “Heroes”. You can watch the video here. It is a powerful song about being a parent. It starts out by calling parents of special needs children “Heroes”. As I shared the other day the life of raising a child with special needs is not easy. I don’t see us as heroes. I see us as a family that made a vow to God and we are doing everything we possibly can to keep that vow. That is serious business with God for sure.
There was a story on the news just a few days ago about a couple that had a child with Downs Syndrome. The mother left. So, this father has decided that he will take the child and raise it himself. My hat is off to this man. He is a hero. Maybe, he is not a Bible kind of hero; but, he is to be applauded for his courage and his commitment to care for his child no matter.
What would motivate people to do what we do each day? There are many reasons; but, I would like to think that you could find the answer in the first phrase of II Corinthians 5:14, “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:”. That is what we have been talking about this month. Love. Not just some “feeling”. Take some medicine and that will pass. What I am talking about is a love that binds us, commits us to someone or something. That is real Christlike love. The Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance tells us that “constraineth” means “to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy”. You see that is a very powerful commitment.
Do you love the LORD so much that you have been arrested and made a prisoner of His? What has He compelled you to do? You see, as we look at “A Gift From God” it just might be that you are God’s gift to someone. Even more important is the fact that they might be counting on you not even knowing that you are God’s answer to their prayer. You might be “A Gift From God”. That is humbling.
So, how are you doing?