If I had heard this question before I had a child with special needs, my response would not of been too gracious. I would of thought (maybe even said), "Are you crazy?" "Why would a Christian parent even think that? Sure, babies are a lot of work but that is part of the job description. God has entrusted this child to you to teach and train in the things of The Lord. Right!"
My attitude has changed a lot in the 26 years that I've been a parent. I am not as quick to judge other people. Life is not quite so black and white. Nineteen years ago God allowed me to give birth to my son. At the time, I wouldn't guess that 8 years later he would be diagnosed with autism. The years before his diagnosis were hard. Along with that came our life at church. My husband is the lead pastor of a large church. I can't even begin to express how hard church was for me with our son. At one point, I asked my husband if we could hire a babysitter on Sunday morning so I could go to church without my son. We chose not to do that but I wanted to do that.
I am very glad that we have worked hard with our son and church involvement for him. It wasn't easy but God provided some wonderful people to support and help us along the way. This weekend I went to church on Saturday night but our son chose to go on Sunday morning.
I just want to encourage everyone that going to church with a special needs child is hard but perseverance really pays off. God bless every family that keeps working week after week to worship with the local Body of Christ.
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