{"id":69568,"date":"2024-01-01T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=69568"},"modified":"2024-01-02T00:26:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T06:26:32","slug":"the-isolation-of-disability-and-the-providence-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=69568","title":{"rendered":"The Isolation of Disability and the Providence of God"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This sponsored post was provided by Guidelight<\/a>, a ministry designed to shine a light for the world to see Jesus and the works of God in the lives of families and individuals experiencing disability. It was written by Greg Lucas, author of Wrestling with Angel<\/em>, Bible teacher, and advisor for Guidelight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, \u2018Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents that he was born blind?\u201d (John 9:1-2)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the darkest and most difficult parts of being a special needs family is personal, cultural, and even spiritual isolation. For the person or family affected by disability it is much easier to stay hidden in obscurity than to be judged by the watching world. Isolation not only provides protection from the silent stares of spectators and onlookers, it keeps the messes, smells, and noises in-house where they are easier to deal with, and don\u2019t have to be shared. For those struggling with disabilities, sometimes it is safer to remain unseen.<\/p>\n

But Jesus will not leave us alone. He will not allow his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the darkest and most difficult parts of being a special needs family is personal, cultural, and even spiritual isolation. For the person or family affected by disability it is much easier to stay hidden in obscurity than to be judged by the watching world. Isolation not only provides protection from the silent stares of spectators and onlookers, it keeps the messes, smells, and noises in-house where they are easier to deal with, and don\u2019t have to be shared.See AlsoAre You Welcoming Image Bearers With Special Needs?God Has a Heart for the Vulnerable. Do You?A La Carte (2\/17)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":69579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[950],"class_list":["post-69568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-sponsored","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Partner-with-us-to-equip-God-s-people-to-bring-gospel-hope-and-practical-help-to-families-experiencing-disability-1-1.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69580,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69568\/revisions\/69580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}