Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Celebrate...


For the last couple of years my wife and I have been navigating through the journey and world of Autism Spectrum Disorder as we have seen our son, Max, struggle and strive with it. There have been lots of low moments, tears, frustrations but also lots of victories and shouts of joy. Through it all we have seen the goodness and faithfulness of God. One of the things that autism has done for our family is, it has given us a new perspective on the importance of celebrating everything. The celebrations are milestones for us, they are reminders and markers of the goodness of God. We celebrated Max's first words which we thought would never come. We celebrated his first sight word, his first non-scripted conversation and the list goes on and on.

This past weekend we witnessed and celebrated his accomplishment over winning over his fear of water slides at Aquatica. Max was like a champ not just going down the water slide and plunging into the pool and exiting on his own, but even the fact of him standing in line waiting patiently for his turn is a crowning achievement. It was absolutely awesome to see his excitement and his joy. There are still many many miles for us to travel on this journey and many hurdles to overcome, but today I can rejoice that in it and through it all we can remain confident in the goodness and the grace of God, who never disappoints.

"Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25-26

10 comments:

Patrick said...

Great post on the faithfulness of God. He never ceases to amaze me with His goodness and mercy to us. Praise God for the milestones you see being accomplished in your son! That's really awesome. Blessings. -Patrick

Kate said...

Amazing milestones. If you are interested... I have a friend who has amazing success with young ones (even adults) with autism, etc. I know she can travel or can refer you to someone... The work she does is mindblowing.
Here is her link -
http://soundlearningait.com/Sound_Learning_AIT/Home.html

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