Week 1: Marriages and the Special-Needs Child

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Please pray this week for married couples with a special-needs child.  These couples are often strained by a lack of physical and mental rest. Many times finances are stretched as couples seek to finance services and therapies for their child. They can often face hurtful acts of discrimination and exclusion.  These couples can also become anxious and even depressed as they look into the future of their child who may never reach a level of independent living, wondering who will provide for their child’s care once they are unable to.  Those couples whose first child is a special-needs child may agonize over the decision to have other children.

Pray that God would grant these couples an extra measure of rest, great patience in the face of trying circumstances, the resources they need to provide for their child, oneness in their decision making and a peace that protects them from an unknown future that could overwhelm even His strongest saints.  Also pray that they would find ready support in the community of faith and that you would be open to joining in that support. 

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Lydia said…
Thanks for praying for my family and families like ours. One of the first things we learned is that our likelihood of divorce goes up 25% for families with special needs.
December 11, 2011 at 10:41 PM
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